| A | B |
|---|
| metric system | based on units of 10 |
| gram | base unit for mass in metric system |
| meter | base unit for length in metric system |
| liter | base unit for volume in the metric system |
| metric ruler/meter stick | measures length |
| triple beam balance | measures mass |
| graduated cylinder | measures volume |
| kilo | 1,000 |
| hecto | 100 |
| deca | 10 |
| base unit | 1 |
| deci | 1/10 or .1 |
| centi | 1/100 or .01 |
| milli | 1/1000 or .001 |
| meniscus | curved surface of liquid in a container, read from the bottom |
| irregular volume | FV-IV= Object volume |
| regular volume | length X width X height |
| IV (manipulative) | variable you change on purpose |
| DV (responsive) | variable that changes due to a change in the IV |
| costant | things that stay the same in the experiment |
| control | standard for comparison |
| repeated trials | doing the experient to check for errors |
| hypothesis | educated guess |
| biology (life science) | the study of living things |
| quantitaive data | using counts or numbers to gather data |
| qualitative data | data that does not use numbers, it describes using 5 senses |
| estimate | to judge the measure or value |
| measure | using tools to get answers |
| classify | to put things into groups based on similarities |
| infer | to make a prediction based on observations |
| predict | to state what you think might happen in the future |
| kilometer | measures large distances |
| milliliter | measures small amounts of liquids |
| 1 cm | 10 mm |
| 1 m | 1,000 mm |
| 1 km | 1,000 m |
| levels of IV | the amount of IV's that are being tested |
| line graph | shows changes over time, continuous |
| bar graph | show the levels of the DV for each IV, discontinuous |
| pie graph | shows parts of a whole |
| horizontal/x-axis | IV |
| vertical/y-axis | DV |
