- Metric unit measuring mass
Your answer:
pound
liter
meter
gram
- Which of these is a scientific observation?
Your answer:
Caterpillars eventually become butterflies.
Raccoons probably eat butterflies.
The caterpillar was 5 cm long.
Caterpillars probably die when it is cold.
- Changes that occur during an experiment are compared to what?
Your answer:
a variable
a hypothesis
conclusions
a control
- The "If" part of a hypothesis contains what?
Your answer:
the control
the constants
the independent variable
the dependent variable
- the "then" part of the hypothesis contains what?
Your answer:
the dependent variable
the constants
the independent variable
the control
- If you were testing the strength of brands of toilet paper, what would the independent variable be?
Your answer:
folding the toilet paper three times
the water on the toilet paper
different brands of toilet paper
the bathroom
- In the scientific report or method, where does a graph belong?
Your answer:
gathering information
stating the hypothesis
drawing a conclusion
recording data
- a factor that can influence the outcome of an experiment
Your answer:
variable
hypothesis
set up
prediction
- unit of measure with temperature in metrics
Your answer:
Gram
Celsius
Liter
Fahrenheit
- How many independent variables should be in an experiment?
Your answer:
unlimited
two
one
none
- the group which remains under normal conditions instead of experimental conditions
Your answer:
variable
normal
experimental
control
- Before creating a hypothesis, you should
Your answer:
gather information on the problem
come to a conclusion
analyze data
decide on materials
- most important lab safety rule
Your answer:
listen and follow directions
no horseplay
clean up messes immediately
return the lab to the original condition
- If you want to have an exact liquid measurement (one mL) what piece of equipment would you use?
Your answer:
beaker
flask
graduated cylinder
test tube
- A graduated cylinder measures?
Your answer:
liquid volume
volumes of small objects
both A and B
neither A nor B
- What piece of lab equipment measures length?
Your answer:
thermometer
graduated cylinder
metric ruler or meter stick
triple-beam balance
- Which tool measures in grams?
Your answer:
thermometer
graduated cylinder
metric ruler or meter stick
triple-beam balance
- In a graph, which axis is on the bottom?
Your answer:
neither
X-axis
Y-axis
both
- in a graph, which axis is on the side (up and down)
Your answer:
X-axis
Y-axis
neither
both
- drawing conclusions based on observations
Your answer:
inference
hypothesizing
observing
prediction