Jeopardy
Section 1: Introduction and Scientific
Method
Round 1
Language
Definitions
Scientific
Method
Metric
System
100
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
Measurements
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/Volume
Mass/Temp
/Density
Variables
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
500
500
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