1st Year Science Revision

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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.

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the thing we change or the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant

• The amount of sunlight

• The type of music

• The type of liquid

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood.

What's the thing we measure or the dependent variable?

• increase the amount of iron in your blood

• spinach you eat

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Ask a question
• Conclusion
• No Horse Play
• Observe

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NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the thing we measure or the dependent variable?

• True

• How fast you get to school

• Riding a bike or walking

• False