Nature of Science - Experiments - Version 1

If a scientist conducts an experiment and gets GOOD data, what is the next step?

• Share it with fellow scientists, immediately.

• Repeat the experiment to make sure the GOOD data is correct.

Ok, so repeating, and replicating an experiment is good. How many times is best to validate results?

• a couple...

• a few...

• many, many, many...

If someone replicates your experiment, and gets DIFFERENT results, is that a good or bad thing?

• It's a good thing.

• It's a bad thing.

• It could be either, totally depends on the situation.

If YOU do your own experiment over, is that repeating it, or replicating it?

• repeating it

• replicating it

If YOUR FRIEND does your experiment over, is that repeating it, or replicating it?

• repeating it

• replicating it

If a young scientist, invented a battery for an iPhone that would stay charged for 2 weeks, she would...

• ...want to keep it a secret, and sell his idea to Apple.

• ...want to make a few "chargers" and have 3 friends try it out.

• ...have many scientists read about it, and test it out.

• ...write up a report, but only show her closest friends.

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For the young scientist with the new iPhone battery, it would be best if other scientists...

• ...tried to get the same results.

• ...did the EXACT same steps, to see if they got the same results.

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Scientific debate, is NOT, the same as people debating things like politics and sports. For the new cell phone battery, scientific debate is most likely a _________ thing for the battery.

• bad

• good

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Which Variable, listed below is the one that scientists compare their "theory" to? The variable that they compare their new data to?

• Independent Variable

• Control Variable

• Dependent Variable

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Scientists always share their data with others, why?

• To brag, how smart they are...

• To get PAID!!!

• To see what other scientists think...

• Because scientists are nice people.

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