Think like a scientist

Scientific questions have to be...

• Measurable 
• Easy
• Interesting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is an educated guess.
• I don't know.

True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

After a person notices that her tomato plants grow taller where they get more water

• She may believe that more water helps tomato plants grow taller
• She may believe that air makes them grow taller
• She may believe that soil makes them grow taller

Does the amount of salt in water cause it to boil faster?

• If the a person adds more salt, then the water will boil faster.
• If a person adds more salt, then the water will become hotter.
• If a person adds more salt, then the water will decrease in temperature.
• If a person boils water, then it will have more salt.

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• yes
• no

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?

• quantitative
• qualitative

What is the part of the experiment that is left alone or “natural", and is used to compare back to?

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Control Group
• Experimental Group