SNC1W Intro Review

What is Metacognition?

• Listening to a lecture

• Thinking about anything

• Thinking about thinking/ learning

• Thinking about past events

How should a scientific question start?

• What does... do

• What is the effect of...

• What is happening?

• Why is this happening?

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is a concept or idea that you test through research and experiments.

• A hypothesis is a random guess without evidence.

• A hypothesis is a large, dark gray African animal that lives in or near rivers. They have large heads, short legs, and thick skin.

• A hypothesis is an educated quess with no evidence provided.

What format should a hypothesis follow?

• If... and... why...

• If... then... because...

What is an independant variable?

• The variable the experimenter measures or observes.

• Variables that remain unchanged.

• All variables that change.

• The Variable that the experimenter manipulates.

What is a dependant variable?

• The variable the experimenter measures or observes.

• Variables that remain unchanged.

• All variables that change.

• The Variable that the experimenter manipulates.

What is a control variable?

• The variable the experimenter measures or observes.

• Variables that remain unchanged.

• All variables that change.

• The Variable that the experimenter manipulates.

What is a procedure?

• Steps to do something.

• A detailed, step-by-step list of everything you will do in your experiment, including the materials and methods you will use.

• Some science thing.

• An idea or proposition that can be tested by observations or experiments, about the natural world.

What is a qualitative observation?

• Numerical observations that are made with instruments. These observations are measurable.

• Something that can be seen, heard, felt, smelled or tasted.

What is a quantitative observation?

• Numerical observations that are made with instruments. These observations are measurable.

• Something that can be seen, heard, felt, smelled or tasted.