Year 9 Science skills and more

All are human senses (basic) EXCEPT

• hearing

• common sense

• sight

• smell

• taste

Using your senses to gather information about the world around you is known as...

• inferring

• observing

• measuring

• researching

When you find a value or amount of a trait numerically it is known as a(n)

• inference

• prediction

• measurement

• Metric System

What trait does this scientific tool measure?

• length

• mass

• volume

• temperature

When using a graduated cylinder, look at the bottom of the ___________________ to find your measurement.

• scale

• liquid

• cylinder

• meniscus

which recorded measurement is correct?

• 142.0

• 142g

• 142.0g

• 124.0g

Which recorded measurement is correct?

• 38mL

• 40.0mL

• 38.0mL

• 34.0mL

What is the independent variable

• Anything that can change

• The thing you change

• The thing you measure at the end

• The thing you keep the same

What is the dependent variable

• Anything that can change

• The thing you change

• The thing you measure at the end

• The thing you keep the same

What is a control variable

• Anything that can change

• The thing you change

• The thing you measure at the end

• The thing you keep the same