Scientific Method Review

What is the correct order of steps in the scientific method?

• Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw

  conclusions, and analyze results.

• Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze

  results, and draw conclusions.

• Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the

  hypothesis, and draw conclusions.

• Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, ask a

  question, and draw conclusions.

Which of the following questions is best considered as scientific?

• Who invented electricity?

• How long did dinosaurs live on Earth?

• How many koalas are there in Australia?

• Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it

  boils?

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What is the process of obtaining information using your senses?

• inquiry

• conclusion

• observation

• scientific method

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What variable can be changed or manipulated?

• dependent variable

• experimental variable

• independent variable

• uncontrolled variable

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A scientist hypothesizes that the temperature at which an ostrich’s egg is

incubated will determine whether the ostrich will be male or female. What is

the independent variable of this experiment?

• scientist

• incubator

• temperature

• gender of the ostrich

A scientist hypothesizes that the temperature at which an ostrich’s egg is

incubated will determine whether the ostrich will be male or female.

What is the dependent variable?

• scientist

• incubator

• temperature

• gender of the ostrich

What do you call the things in an experiment that must be the same to make

it fair?

• controlled variables

• dependent variables

• independent variables

• uncontrolled variables

What do you call an idea or explanation that you test through study and

experimentation?

• question

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• observation

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A scientist is already contemplating whether the data of his experiments

support his hypothesis. At this point the scientist is __________________.

• asking a question

• making observations

• drawing a conclusion

• forming a hypothesis

Which refers to scientific procedure undertaken by scientists to test a

hypothesis and make a discovery or demonstrate a known fact?

• theory

• inference

• conclusion

• experiment

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