Scientific Reasoning

Question 1

graduated cylinder

Answer 1

a narrow cylinder used to measure liquid volume.

Question 2

gram

Answer 2

metric unit of mass

Question 3

length

Answer 3

measurement of distance from end to end

Question 4

liter

Answer 4

measurement of liquid volume

Question 5

mass

Answer 5

a measurement of inertia, commonly considered the amount of material contained by an object and causing it to have weight in a gravitational field.

Question 6

meter

Answer 6

basic unit of length in the metric system

Question 7

SI units

Answer 7

based on meters, kilograms, seconds, amperes. Kelvin, candela, and mole. commonly known as the metric system.

Question 8

volume

Answer 8

the amount of space something takes up.

Question 9

volumetric pipette

Answer 9

a device used for precise measurement of small amounts of liquid.

Question 10

bias

Answer 10

prejudice in favor of an idea.

Question 11

empirical

Answer 11

based on data on observation.

Question 12

data

Answer 12

a collection of information.

Question 13

conclusion

Answer 13

an end judgment based on data.

Question 14

experiment

Answer 14

a scientific procedure to test a hypothesis

Question 15

cause

Answer 15

the element that makes something happen.

Question 16

effect

Answer 16

the result of a cause

Question 17

sequencing

Answer 17

organization of cause and effect relationships

Question 18

control variable

Answer 18

something kept constant during an experiment.

Question 19

dependent variable

Answer 19

What us measured in an experiment as a possible effect.

Question 20

hypothesis

Answer 20

an educated guess that serves as a starting point for further testing.

Question 21

independent variable

Answer 21

what is measured in an experiment as a possible cause.

Question 22

variable

Answer 22

something that changes.