Scientific Method Review

If a fire erupts, immediately

• tell the teacher.

• throw water on the fire.

• run for the fire extinguisher.

• open the windows

Which is true about hypothesis?

• It is the answer to the question

• It summarizes the result of an experiment

• It is an educated guess

• It is the final answer to a question

Safety glasses or goggles are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain

• only if you do not have corrective glasses

• any time chemicals, heat, glassware or soil are used

• to improve your vision

If you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure, you should

• skip it and go on to the next part

• check with your group and then ask the teacher before proceeding.

• try several methods until something works

• figure it out as you do the lab

You have been injured in the science room (cut, burned, etc.)  First you should

• visit the school nurse after class

• apply first aid yourself

• see a doctor after school

• tell the teacher at once

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always

• wipe your hands on a towel

• treat your hands with skin lotion

• wipe your hands on your clothes

• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water

Before you leave the science room, you should

• all of the above

• return all equipment to the proper storage area

• clean your work area and equipment

• wash your hands with soap and water

 If a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

• the teacher

•  the principal

• your best friend in the class

• your lab partner

Angela’s experiment proved that her hypothesis was supported that earthworms move away from light.

• test the hypothesis with an experiment

• make a conclusion

• form a hypothesis

• recognize a problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

 A scientist observing a number of different plant soils may be ready to form a(n) __________ that could be tested.

• variable

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• experiment