Scientific Method Quiz

Let's play a game of detective! Can you tell me what we do when we ask questions like What?, When?, How?, Why?

• We are making Observations?

• We are drawing Conclusions?

• We are forming a Hypothesis?

• We are conducting an Experiment?

Imagine you're a scientist. How would you test your exciting new hypothesis?

• Would you use Data?

• Would you look at the Result?

• Would you conduct an Experiment?

• Would you draw a Conclusion?

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Imagine you're a detective and you've just finished your investigation. What would tell you if your initial hunch was right or wrong?

• Would you ask more questions?

• Would you check the results of your experiment?

• Would you look at the data you've collected?

• Would you make observations?

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Imagine you're a detective on a mission! What would you call the process where you gather clues through careful observation and conducting experiments?

• Forming a hypothesis

• Conducting an experiment

• Gathering data

• Analyzing the evidence

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Imagine you're a scientist about to embark on a thrilling new research project. What's the initial explanation that would guide your journey?

• data

• hypothesis

• results

• observations

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Imagine you're a scientist about to embark on a new experiment. What's the very first thing you'd do as part of the scientific method?

• Jump straight to the conclusion

• Start with making an observation

• Begin the experiment without any prior steps

• Look at the result before starting

Imagine you're a scientist and you've just completed an experiment. What exciting step would you take next in the scientific method?

• start observing again?

• you draw a conclusion?

• maybe form a new hypothesis?

• start gathering data?

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Imagine you're a detective, and you're gathering information through your senses. What would you call this process?

• Are you drawing a conclusion?

• Are you forming a hypothesis?

• Are you conducting an experiment?

• Are you making observations?

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Imagine you're a scientist! How would you say the scientific method has impacted the world?

• It's just a bunch of misleading information

• It's led to many wonderful cures and discoveries

• It's caused a lot of wrong answers and wrong turns

• It's resulted in errors in the data

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If after our Skittles experiment I changed from Skittles to nerds and redid the experiment - I would be changing the ___________?

• figures

• hosts

• records

• variable