Scientific Method Vocabulary

When you ___________ information, you write it down.

• plot

• observe

• data

• record

The _______________________ is a series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

• scientific method

• recipe

• data collection

• metric system

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

• conclusion

• procedures

• materials

• responding variable

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

Another word for asking questions and seeking answers in science is called:

• inquiry
• data
• hypothesis
• procedure

Observations and facts gathered from experiments is the _____________________.

• evidence

• predictions

• hypotheses

• inferences

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

_____________________ is a list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment.

• obervations

• question/problem

• materials

• procedures

The first step of the scientific method is to make a(n) ____________ of something in the world.

• observation
• paper airplane
• hypothesis
• conclusion

A hypothesis is?

• Information someone noticed

• An educated guess

• Making a guess beforehand

A _________________ is a test that is performed to support or disprove a hypothesis.

• Observation

• Experiment

• Classifying

• Guessing