Introduction to Science

1. Introduction to Science Red Purple Orange Blue Green 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

2. Red 100 Is the search for answers to questions.

3. Red 100 science

4. Red 200 Is a record of what you see.

5. Red 200 observation

6. Red 300 Is a conclusion based on what you observe.

7. Red 300 inference

8. Red 400 What 3 words should always be part of the hypothesis?

9. Red 400 If, then, because…

10. Red 500 An educated guess as to what will happen in an experiment.

11. Red 500 hypothesis

12. Purple 100 This unit measures mass in the metric system.

13. Purple 100 grams

14. Purple 200 This unit measures length in the metric system.

15. Purple 200 Meter or cm

16. Purple 300 This unit measures volume in the metric system.

17. Purple 300 Liters ormL

18. Purple 400 This has all variables controlled except one. This experiment tests one factor at a time.

19. Purple 400 Controlled Experiment

20. Purple 500 Is a factor that is purposely changed by the experimenter.

21. Purple 500 Independent variable

22. Orange 100 This unit measures temperature in the metric system.

23. Orange 100 degrees Celsius

24. Orange 200 The independent variable is found on the ___ axis in a graph.

25. Orange 200 X-axis

26. Orange 300 Is a factor that might change as a result of the independent variable.

27. Orange 300 dependent variable

28. Orange 400 Is your step by step directions written clearly enough that someone else could do the experiment.

29. Orange 400 procedure

30. Orange 500 Information you gather in an experiment. These pieces of information are acquired through observation and experimentation.

31. Orange 500 data

32. Blue 100 Set of repeated measurements in an experiment.

33. Blue 100 trial

34. Blue 200 These are all of the factors that must be identical across all of the groups you are comparing.

35. Blue 200 Controlled variables

36. Blue 300 Observations made by using your senses.

37. Blue 300 qualitative observations

38. Blue 400 Observations that involve numbers or quantities.

39. Blue 400 Quantitative observations

40. Blue 500 Experiment: Which type of bridge can hold the most pennies. Name the independent variable.

41. Blue 500 Type of bridge

42. Green 100 Experiment: Which type of bridge can hold the most pennies. Name the dependent variable.

43. Green 100 Amount of pennies

44. Green 200 Experiment: Which type of bridge can hold the most pennies. Name 3 controlled variable.

45. Green 200 Same size paper, same height of bridge, same distance of supports, where pennies are placed

46. Green 300 Experiment: How does the brand of diaper affect the amount of water absorbed? Name the independent variable.

47. Green 300 Brand of diapers

48. Green 400 Experiment: How does the brand of diaper affect the amount of water absorbed? Name the dependent variable.

49. Green 400 amount of water absorbed

50. Green 500 Experiment: How does the brand of diaper affect the amount of water absorbed? Name 3 controlled variable.