Scientific Method Review

What is an observation?

• Something you measure or detect with your senses.

• The way you feel about something

• An educated guess

• A theory that has been disproved

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What is the scientific method?

• A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment

• The process of solving a problem

• A way of making non-scientific observations

• A way to summarize findings from multiple investigations

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What is a hypothesis?

• An educated prediction or answer to a testable question

• A random guess

• An observation based on feelings or emotions

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What is the best way to collect and record data?

• In a data table

• On post-it notes

• On scrap paper

• interpretive dance

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What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

During this step of the scientific method, a scientist would gather background information. 

• Hypothesis
• Research
• Observation
• Experiment 

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List the Scientific Process steps in order.

• Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Conclusion

• Conclusion, Observation, Experiment, Data, Hypothesis

• Observation, Experiment, Hypothesis, Conclusion, Data, Question

• None of the above

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The DEPENDENT variable tells us what is being measured in an experiment.

• True

• False

Changes to the INDEPENDENT Variable causes the DEPENDENT variable to change.

• True

• False

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