SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS _ REMATCH QUIZ 2

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested is called.....

• Data

• Hypothesis

• Fact

• Answer

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• Answer

• Experiment

• Problem

• Safety Check

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• Observations

• Variables

• Data

• Research Answers

Dependent variable in a research practically means

• Educated Guess

• The scientist controls what to test

• Constant Value

• What is being measured

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. 
What's the dependent variable?

• The rise of iron in your blood

• The spinach you eat

• None of them

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?

• How fast you get to school

• None of them

• Riding a bike or walking

Will a handmade thick paper airplane fly faster than an airplane made from notebook paper? Choose the best hypothesis.

• I think the construction paper air plane will fly faster.

• Yes

• If I make a paper airplane from notebook paper, then it will fly faster than thick paper

• No

If I listen to my teacher's instructions, then I will have less accidents in the lab. What is the independent variable?

• Yes

• Maybe yes

• Listening or not listening to instructions

• The possibility of having an accident in lab 

Which of the following would be considered as quantitative data?

• Color

• Smell

• 6.84 cm

• Fine Texture

Explaining the color of a chemical would be what kind of observation?

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Numerical