Unit 1: Scientific Method

Hypothesis means: 

• a. An educated guess
• b. The main idea of a paragraph
• c. A random guess
• d.  None of the above

Which is an example of making a conclusion?

• a.  Mr. Rivas asks, “Does a person move less if they eat more?"
• b.  Mr. Rivas sets up an experiment where he feeds different groups of people different amounts of food.
• c.  Mr. Rivas analyzes his data and sees that the groups of people that ate more moved less.
• d.  Mr. Rivas concludes his hypothesis was right based on his data: people do move less if they more.

An experiment is the step that happens after:

• a.  Analyzing your data
• b.  Making a hypothesis
• c.  Sharing your results
• d.  Making a conclusion

Which of the following would you analyze after you do an experiment?

• a.  The data you gathered
• b.  Other people’s conclusions
• c.  Your own conclusion
• d.  None of the above

Which of the following happens first?

• a.  Make a hypothesis
• b.  Ask a question
• c.  Share your results
• d.  Analyze your data

Which is an example of “making an experiment”?

• a. Mr. Rivas asks, “Does drinking milk help you fall asleep at night?”
• b. Mr. Rivas sees on his graph that people who drank more milk got tired faster at night.
• c. Mr. Rivas thinks that if a person drinks more milk, then the person will sleep faster at night.
• d. Mr. Rivas gives milk to 5 people and nothing to 5 other people. He times how long it takes for everyone to go to sleep.

Adolfo was confused with the following data statements. Mr. Rivas says that they’re different, but Adolfo thinks they give the same information. Here are the data statements: 
1.  All the plants with sunlight grew very tall.
2.  All the plants with sunlight grew an average of 3 feet. 
Question: Which data statement is quantitative?

• a. Neither
• b. Statement 1
• c. Statement 2
• d. Both

What kind of data is shown on this graph?

• a. Inaccurate Data
• b. Qualitative Data
• c. Objective Data
• d. Quantitative Data

What kind of data is shown on this graph?

• a. Quantitative data
• b. Subjective data
• c. Complete Data
• d. Qualitative Data

What is an observation?

• a. Using one or more of your five senses to describe a situation
• b. Making a guess about a situation
• c. Both a and b
• d. None of the above