Scientific Inquiry

What are questions that scientists ask and try to answer by conducting experiments?

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Control

• Scientific Questions

What term refers to information collected during an experiment that can support or go against a hypothesis?

• Scientific Fact

• Evidence

• Law

• Control

What is a statement based on multiple observations that describes a consistent relationship in the universe?

• Law

• Independent Variable

• Hypothesis

• Control

Which term describes the organized steps scientists use to conduct experiments and draw conclusions?

• Law

• Control

• Theory

• Scientific Method

When conducting an experiment, which variable do scientists change on purpose to see its effect?

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Independent Variable

• Scientific Questions

In an experiment, which variable is watched or measured to see if it is affected?

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Independent Variable

• Theory

What is the part of the experiment that stays the same and is used for comparison?

• Scientific Questions

• Hypothesis

• Control

• Evidence

What do you call a guess that scientists can test?

• Theory

• Control

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

What is something that has been proven true over and over again through observations?

• Scientific Method

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Fact

What is a detailed explanation in science that is supported by a lot of evidence and helps us understand a natural phenomenon?

• Control

• Evidence

• Theory

• Dependent Variable