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Fall Semester Final Exam Study Guide
Unit 0: Scientific Practices Study Guide
1. Define the following terms:
b. c.
d.
e. f. g.
2. When would you use the following types of graphs?
3. Identify the independent and dependent variables on the
population growth graph to the right.
b.
4. List the steps in order for the scientific method.
5. Experiment Scenario: Read the scenario and answer the questions in the table below.
Maggie loves fresh brownies, and her grandma told her if she places a piece of bread in the
storage container with the brownies, the brownies will stay fresh and moist longer. Maggie

decides to test this idea. She bakes a batch of Betty Crocker brownies. She places 6 brownies
in 6 individual Tupperware containers. Each brownie is the same size and placed in the same
location. She adds a piece of bread to three of the brownie containers, and leaves the other
three alone. Each day for 3 weeks she measures the moistness of the brownies, and records
her results.
Questions Answers
1. Independent
variable:
bread or not
2. Dependent
variable:
moistness of brownies
3. Hypothesis: If bread is present, then brownies will stay moist longer.
4. Control group: Brownies without bread
5. Experimental
group:
Brownies with bread
6. Constants/controls: Same brand of brownies, same size, same location
6. What type of glassware would you use to make the most precise liquid measurement?
7. Convert 101,000 into scientific notation.