jeopardy section 1: introduction and scientific method

Jeopardy

Section 1: Introduction and Scientific Method

Round 1

Language DefinitionsScientific Method

Metric System

Measurements

100100 100100100

200200 200200 200

300300 300300 300

400 400400 400 400

500500 500 500500

Language - 100

• This is the first half of a word.

Answer:

• What is a prefix.

Language - 200

• This language is where many roots for scientific words come from.

Answer:

• What is:

»Latin

»Greek

Language - 300

• This root has the meaning “the study of”

Answer:

• What is “ology”

Language - 400

• This root has the meaning “cells” or “parts of cells”.

Answer:

• What is “cyto”

Language - 500

• This is our definition of science.

Answer:

• Careful exploration of our natural world to gain knowledge.

• Answers may vary.

Definitions – 100

• This is anything that may influence the outcome of an experiment.

Answer:

• What is a variable.

Definitions - 200

• This word translates to “Blood-like”

Answer:

• What is Hemophilia

Definitions - 300

• This word translates to “jointed-foot”

Answer:

• What is “arthropod”

Definitions - 400

• This is the measured distance between two points.

Answer

• What is Length

Definitions - 500

• This is the real or true value of a measurement.

Answer:

• What is the accepted value.

Scientific Method - 100

• This is the name of the scientific approach to asking questions and arriving at answers.

Answer:

• What is the Scientific Method

Scientific Method - 200

• This is the step in the Scientific Method between asking a question and making a hypothesis.

Answer:

• What is:

–Research–Observation–Searching for knowledge

Scientific Method - 300

• This is the step done after a conclusion is made.

Answer:

• What is Repeat

Scientific Method - 400

• This is what a conclusion is made about.

Answer:

• What is the hypothesis

Scientific Method - 500

• This is the terminology used to describe a hypothesis when making a conclusion.

(Must include both positive and negative descriptions).

Answer:

• What is:

–Accepted/Supported

–Rejected

Metric System - 100

• The powers of ten and decimals are used in this measuring system.

Answer:

• What is the Metric System

Metric System - 200

• In this system of measurement the common unit for measuring length is “the foot”.

Answer:

• What is the English System

Metric System - 300

• This measurement is the amount of matter contained within an object.

Answer:

• What is mass

Metric System - 400

• This is the base unit for length

Answer:

• What is a meter

Metric System - 500

• In the Metric System this prefix for a measurement means 1,000 times the base unit.

Answer:

• What is “kilo”

Measurements - 100

• This is the base unit for mass

Answer:

• What is a gram.

Measurements - 200

• This prefix is used to describe 100 parts of the whole, or dividing the base unit into 100 equal parts.

Answer:

• What is “centi”

Measurements – 300

• This measurement is calculated by dividing mass by volume.

Answer:

• What is Density

Measurements - 400

• This tool is used to measure the average kinetic energy of objects.

Answer:

• What is a thermometer

Measurements - 500

• This process is used to measure the volume of irregular solids.

Answer:

• What is displacement

Round 2

Tools Length/VolumeMass/Temp/

Density

Variables

100100 100100

200200 200200

300300 300300

400 400400 400

500500 500 500

Tools - 100

• This tool is used to measure mass of objects.

Answer:

• What is a scale or balance

Tools - 200

• This tool is used to measure volumes of liquid

Answer:

• What is:

– Graduated cylinder– Beaker– Flask

Tools - 300

• The volume of a cube may be calculated using this formula and a ruler.

Answer:

• What is “s3”

Tools - 400

• This is one thing done wrong:

Answer:

• What is:

– Not careful– Read cylinder improperly– Used English System

Tools - 500

• This is the density of a rock that has a mass of 4g and a volume of 0.5g.

Answer:

• What is 8g/cm3

Length/Volume - 100

• This is the amount of space occupied by an object.

Answer:

• What is volume

Length/Volume -200

• This is the base unit used to measure liquid volumes

Answer:

• What is Liter

Length/Volume - 300

• This volume is often called “c.c.”

Answer:

• What is a cubic centimeter

Length/Volume - 400

• This volume is equivalent to 1 cubic centimeter

Answer:

• What is 1mL

Length/Volume - 500

• This is the number of yards in 1 mile.

Answer:

• What is 1760.

Mass/Temperature/Density - 100

• This is the unit for liquid density

Answer:

• What is g/mL

Mass/Temperature/Density - 200

• This describes how tightly packed the particles of an object are.

Answer:

• What is Density

Mass/Temperature/Density - 300

• This is a measure of the average kinetic energy of an object.

Answer:

• What is Temperature

Mass/Temperature/Density - 400

• This is the boiling temperature of water in °F

Answer:

• What is 212°F

Mass/Temperature/Density - 500

• This is the freezing point of water in Kelvin

Answer:

• What is 273K

Variables - 100

• This variable is the one that is measured in an experiment.

Answer:

• What is the dependant variable

Variables - 200

• This variable is manipulated by the scientist and changed in each experimental set-up.

Answer:

• What is independent variable

Variables - 300

• These are all the independent variables not being manipulated, and set at a standard value for every experiment.

Answer:

• What are control variables

Variables - 400

• This variable is plotted on the x-axis of a graph

Answer:

• What is the independent variable

Variables - 500

• This is a replica of the experiment in which the independent variable is left out.

Answer:

• What is a control experiment