Supplementary Activity No.

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Name: ________________________ Date: _________ Period: ______

Safety, Investigations, Measures, and Scientific Method REVIEW ANSWERS

1. What must you know if there is a fire in the Science lab? (List the rules)
Rule 21. Learn where the safety equipment is located and how to use it.
Know where the exits are located and what to do in case of an emergency.

2. Calculate the volume of the rectangular prism with

length 2 cm, width, 1 cm, and height 3 cm.
6 cm3

3. What is the length of the pencil pictured below?

68 mm
6.8 cm

I am investigating if the mass of a toy car affects how far the car rolls.

4. What Science equipment is needed to complete this investigation?

a balance and meter stick or metric ruler

5. I need to include the unit of measure with my collected data. What will units of measure will
we use? grams for the mass and cm for the distance

6. What is the volume of the irregular shaped object inside the graduated
cylinder? 54-46 = 8 mL

For questions 7-9, use the information in the table below to determine if the
investigation is descriptive, comparative, or experimental. Label the type of
investigation described as
D = DESCRIPTIVE C = COMPARATIVE E = EXPERIMENTAL

Does the amount of sunlight affect the number of earthworms in my garden? 7. E

I want to learn more about the animals in my neighborhood. I will observe their 8. D
behavior for the next week and record my observations.
In an insect habitat, will green or black flies live longer? 9. C

For questions 10-12, use the picture to determine if each

statement is a qualitative observation (QL), a quantitative
observation (QN), or an inference.

10. The slugs will swim in the Great Salt Lake. I

11. There are at least 4 slugs in the car. QN

12. There is a lake and clouds in this picture. QL

13. Each slug has 2 eyes. QN

Use the information below to determine the specific parts of the scientific method.
I decide to see if using incense really affects the number of Pokémon I attract. I go to the
same location at the same time, 4 days in a row. Two days I use incense and I record the
number of Pokémon I attract each time. The next two day I don't use incense and I again
record the number of Pokémon I attract.

14. What is the independent variable (IV)? using or not using incense; this is what we are
purposefully changing or comparing in our experiment

15. What is the dependent variable (DV)? number of Pokémon caught; this is what we
are measuring or observing in our experiment

16. What are constants in this investigation? same place and same time of day

17. Write a good testable question using the format we discussed in class. Hint: Does the
IV affect the DV? Does using incense affect the number of Pokémon I catch?

18. Write a hypothesis using the format we discussed in class. You must write an IF/THEN
statement. If I use incense, then I will catch more Pokémon than when I don't use
incense.

Use the information below to determine the specific parts of the scientific method.
We decided to see if the location of the ant farm will affect the number of tunnels ants
build. We put one ant farm on top of the table and the other ant farm underneath the
table. Both ant farms receive the same amount of food and water. Both ant farms have
the same amount of sand and ants.

19. What is the independent variable (IV)? location of ant farms

20. What is the dependent variable (DV)? number of ant tunnels

21. What are the controls? same food, water, sand, and ants

22. What is the testable question for this scenario? Use this format for your question:
Does the IV affect the DV?
Does the location of the ant farm affect the number of ant tunnels?

23. What is a possible hypothesis for this scenario? Use an IF/THEN statement for your
hypothesis. If we change the IV, then this is what will happen to the DV.
If the ant tunnels are in different locations, then the one in the darkest place will have
more ant tunnels.

24. We use bar graphs to compare data.

25. We use line graphs to show change over time.

26. We use pie (or circle) graphs to percentages or parts of a whole.

27. On bar and line graphs, which variable goes on the x-axis? independent variable (IV)

28. On bar and line graphs, which variable goes on the y-axis? dependent variable (DV)
 Label the variables shown on the following graphs:

DV
DV

IV IV

What MUST be included on all bar and line graphs? TAILS = Title, Axis, Intervals, Labels,
Scale

Label those parts on the following graph:

Title

y-axis Interval is 2 because

each number increases by 2

Axis

y-axis Scale is 0-16

Labels

x-axis Scale is Dec - Mar

Axis
x-axis Interval is 1 month because
each number increases by 1 month