jeopardy section 1: introduction and scientific method
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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”
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