The Components of a Lab Report

Which section in the lab report includes your educated guess based on what you already know?

• Aim

• Hypothesis

• Procedure

Which section in the lab report is where you write your observations of the experiment?

• Materials

• Conclusion

• Results

Which of the following should be written as a numbered list?

• Procedure

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

Which of the following is true for the independent variable?

• It is what you measure at the end of the experiment.

• It is what you change in the experiment.

• It is what you keep the same in the experiment.

Which of the following is true for the dependent variable?

• It is what you measure at the end of the experiment.

• It is what you change in the experiment.

• It is what you keep the same in the experiment.

Which of the following is true for the controlled variable?

• It is what you measure at the end of the experiment.

• It is what you change in the experiment.

• It is what you keep the same in the experiment.

In which section of the lab report do you write about what you are trying to discover?

• Aim

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

In which section of the lab report do you list the items that you will use for your experiment?

• Procedure

• Materials

• Results

In which section of the lab report do you write the answer to your original question?

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Aim