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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| safety rules for heating liquids in a test tube | goggles, point test tube away from all people, never heat a stoppered test tube |
| how to improve reliability of experimental results | repeat the experiment, use a larger sample size |
| purpose of graphs | organize data and observe general trends in the data |
| what is an inference | conclusion based on data |
| how do you identify the independent variable | the variable the scientist changes on purpose |
| why do scientists consider any hypothesis valuable? | it may lead to further investigations even if it is disproved by the first experiments |
| what is a hypothesis | a possible answer to the problem question |
| effect of ___ on ____ | independent on dependent |
| where does independent belong on a graph? | on the x axis |
| how do you identify the control group in an experiment? | the group with normal conditions |
| what does statistically significant mean? | big data difference |
| 6 parts of the scientific method | define a problem, hypothesize, experiment, observe, collect data, conclusions |
| what must happen for conclusions to be generally accepted? | repeat the experiment to verify the reliability of the data |
| in an experiment, what should be the relationship between the control group and the experimental group? | identical in all respects except one |
| if making a double or triple line graph, where do you put indy? | indy is represented by the different lines, indicated by a key |
| what type of data needs to be collected in every experiment? | independent and dependent variable data |
| what are graphs used for? | to organize data and show general trends in data |
| how do you know if results of an experiment are significant? | there is a big data difference between the control group data and the experimental group data |