Scientific Method Review

What is used to test a hypothesis

• An Experiment

• A Question

• A Conclusion

• A Hypothesis

Which of the following is an example of a hypothesis

• Go to the lab table and take a beaker, water, and dye.

• Do plants need water to grow?

• the grass will grow more in a dark environment

• A beaker, a microscope and a ruler

Which of the following is an example of a hypothesis

• Enzymes speed up chemical reactions

• The more water plants get the more they will grow

• Do you think I need to add water to the beaker?

• First complete the chart, then graph the material

An educated guess or prediction is known as what?

• A Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

Is found on the x-axis of a graph

• A Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

This is what the experimenter is changing in a well designed experiment

• A Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

Is found on the y-axis of a graph

• A Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

This may or may not change when conducting a well designed experiment.

• A Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

This is that data that is collected during an experiment

• A Conclusion

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The group that is used in a well designed experiment as a comparison

• Control

• Hypothesis

• Experimental

• Variable