Lab Safety, Scientific Method & Metric System

When you work in the lab, long hair must be

• cut off

• held with both hands

• tied back/pulled up

• combed nicely

When in the laboratory you should wear

• Sandals

• No shoes

• Open-toed shoes

• Closed-toed shoes

If you break a piece of glassware or other equipment, tell the teacher

• The next period

• Immediately

• At clean up time

• Never

Playing in the laboratory or bothering another student is

• Always against the rules

• Okay

• Not dangerous

• Okay if you're not working

When smelling a liquid

• Inhale deeply

• Use the fume hood

• Waft it toward you

• Pour it on the table

What skill is a scientist using when they record the sounds that dolphins make?

• Analyzing data

• Making a hypothesis

• Drawing conclusions

• Collecting data

What is the FIRST step of the scientific method?

• Making observations/asking a question

• Forming a hypothesis

• Drawing a conclusion

• Analyzing data

A __________ is an educated guess about the answer to a question.

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

• Question

• Conclusion

Why is it important to conduct scientific tests more than once?

• You don't need to

• It is a waste of time

• To make sure you didn't make any errors

• I don't know

A(n) __________________ is where you test your hypothesis.

• Research

• Question

• Data Collection

• Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4