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Review Sheet for Exam: Sci. Meth, Graphing, Metrics

Thisreviewsheetshouldguideyouinyourstudying.Itshouldnotbetheonlypaperyoustudy.
Alsostudy
ClassNotesonMetrics,ScientificMethod,andGraphing
ScienceNotebookquestionsandCh1Vocabulary
WorksheetsonMetricUnitsofLength,Mass&Capacity,WritingHypotheses,IdentifyingVariables,
3KindsofVariablesandInterpretingGraphs

Metrics

Themetricsystemisasystemofmeasurementbasedonthenumber_____.
Thebaseunitsofmeasurementsinthemetricsystemare:
1. Literforvolumeanditsabbreviationis__L__________
2. meter_________fordistanceanditsabbreviationis__m__________
3. gram_________formassanditsabbreviationis____g_________
4. seconds_______fortimeanditsabbreviationis__sorsec_______
Aprefixisa___partofthewordthat

Thesixprefixesthatwewilluseinourclassare:

Largest

comesatthebeginning

____kilo_____anditsabbreviationis_____k_______

______________________________

___hecto______anditsabbreviationis____h________

Ametricprefixmaybeusedwithouta
suffix.TrueorFalse

___deka______anditsabbreviationis___dkorda____

Ametricsuffix(baseunit)maybe
usedwithoutaprefix.TrueorFalse

___centi_______anditsabbreviationis___c__________

____deci______anditsabbreviationis____d_________

____milli______anditsabbreviationis____m_________

Onewaytoremembertheprefixesisto
Smallest
memorizeamnemonicdevicesuchas:
_____KingHenryDiedByDrinkingChocolateMilk______________________________________
Agraduatedcylinderisusedtomeasure____volume________
Atriplebeambalanceisusedtomeasure____mass(notweight)__________
Ameterstickisusedtomeasure_______distanceorlength_____
Yourpinkyisaboutthewidthof
onecm

1gramisaboutthemassof

alargepaperclip

3cansofsodaareaboutthevolumeofoneliter

YouusuallymeasurethedistancebetweenNewYorkandMissionViejousing:kmdmcmmmm
Youusuallymeasurethemassofamedicineinapillusing:
mgcggdkgkg
Youusuallymeasurethevolumeofjuiceinasmallcanusing:
LkLmLdLhL
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Theabbreviationforadekalilteris_dkL__.

Theabbreviation"mg"standsfor_milligram__.

Theabbreviationforadecigramis_dg___.

Theabbreviation"kL"standsfor__kiloliter_____.

Theabbreviationforamillimeteris_mm___.

Theabbreviation"cm"standsfor__centimeter.

Whichisbigger?Circletherightanswer.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

1000cm
100,000cg
3000m
1liter
2,500meters

OR
OR
OR
OR
OR

1km
1kg EQUAL
1kilometer
12,000milliliters
3kilometers

ConverttheFollowing
250L=

25000cL
1.2kg=

12000dg
6,540mm=
.0654hm
250dkg=
25000dg
4,050cg=
.0405kg

ScientificMethod
Listthe5stepsofthescientificmethodinthecorrectorder
1.
Askaquestion
4.
2.
FormaHypothesis
5.
3.
Conductandexperiment(testhypothesis)

Recorddataandobservations
Analyzedataandreachconclusions

I investigated yeast, tiny organisms that give off carbon dioxide gas as they grow. In two bottles, I put 2
mL of yeast, 5 mL of sugar, and water. In Bottle A, I used 250 mL of cold water (20 C). In Bottle B, I used
250 mL of warm water (40 C). I attached a balloon to each bottle. After five minutes, I observed bubbles
forming on the surface inside both bottles, and the balloons on both bottles expanded. The balloon on
Bottle B became about twice as large as the balloon on Bottle A.
MatchtheletterinColumn2withthecorrectstepoftheScientificMethodinColumn1usingthe
Column2:LabInformation
informationabove.

Column1:ScientificMethod
__D___1.ProblemorQuestion
__A___2.FormHypothesis
__E___3.Design&ConductExperiment
__B___4.RecordDataandObservations
__C___5.Conclusion

A.Atincreasedwatertemperatures,yeastgiveoffmoregas.
B.Afterfiveminutes,BalloonsAandBexpanded.BalloonB
expandedmorethanBalloonA.
C.Myhypothesisissupported.Yeastgiveoffmoregasathigher
temperatures.
D.Whatfactorshelpyeasttogrow?
E.Combinetheyeast,sugarandwateratdifferenttemperaturesintwo
bottles.Putaballoononeachbottle..

Graphing
3Reasonstousegraphsare:
1.Toseetrends,2.ToanalyzeData,3.tomakecomparisonseasiertosee
Whatvariableisplottedonthexaxis?___Manipulated(orIndependent)Variable________________
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Whichvariableisplottedontheyaxis?__Responding(orDependent)Variable_
AllDataTablesandgraphsneed
Titles,

Labels

and
Units

(ifnecessary).
Datatablesareagoodwaytoanalyzedata.TrueorFalse
Whendecidingonascaleforagraph,itisessentialthatthescalehas

equal

intervals
AbestfitlineonagraphisusedtoeliminateErrors

.
Rise
Abestfitlineusesslope.Slope=
Rise
over Run
(Slope=
)
Run
17
GraphingPractice
Skittles
16
15
GraphthefollowingdatausingaBARGraph
14
13
NumberofSkittlesinaBag
12
Color
Quantity
11
Red
8
10
Green
14
Number 9
Yellow
11
8
Purple
17
7
6
5
WhataretwoadvantagesofBARGraphs
4
1.Youareabletoseeabsoluteandrelativesizesfor
3
categories
2
2.Youcancomparetwoormorecategoriesatthesame 1
time
0
PGYRColors
Youwanttoknowhowagolfballbounceswhendroppedformdifferentheights.Tofindoutyoudesign
anexperimentwhereyoudropagolfballfromdifferentheightsandmeasurehowhightheballbounces
offofthetable.
Color
Identifythe
controlledvariable: Sameball

manipulatedvariable:dropheight

respondingvariable: bounceheight
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
Thedatatablebelowshowsyourdata.Graphthedatafrom 30
25
thetableusingaLINEGraph
20
15
HeightofGolfBallBounce
10
5
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0
Writeahypothesisfortheaboveexperiment:
IfIdroptheballfromahigherpoint,thentheballwill
bouncehigher.
BounceHt
(cm)

DropHeight(cm)
40
60
80
90
100

BounceHeight(cm)
18
34
42
54
62

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DropHeight(cm)

Whatwouldyouestimatethebounceheightwouldbeifyoudroptheballfrom50cm?
Thebounceheightwouldbeabout25cm.

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