Hypothesis: Cause and Effect

What is the preferred way of writing a hypothesis?

• If ________, then ________________ because ____________.

• Based on ______________, I predict ____________________.

• I predict ______________________________________________.

• My hypothesis is _____________________________________.

What part of the hypothesis is the cause?

• If ________________,

• then ______________

• because _______________

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Team B will win because it uses more newtons.

Is this a good hypothesis?

• Yes

• No

If team B pulls with 150N to the right, then Team B will win because Team B exerts a greater force than team A.

Is this a good hypothesis?

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Team B will win because they pull with 150N to the right and they have a higher number than team A.

What is wrong with this hypothesis?

• Missing the cause

• Missing the effect

• Missing the reason

• Missing proper punctuation

If team B pulls with 150 Newtons to the right then team B will win because the other side will have less force to pull back.

What is wrong with this hypothesis

• Missing the cause

• Missing the effect

• Missing cause and effect language

• Missing proper punctuation

Identify the cause in the following sentence: “In a game of tug of war, if a rope is pulled by two teams from opposite ends, then the team that pulls with a greater force wins.”

• "if a rope is pulled by two teams from opposite ends"

• "then the team that pulls with a greater force win"

• "In a game of tug of war"

• If __________________, then ________________ because

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

team B will win because they have a greater force pulling the rope

What is wrong with this hypothesis

• Missing the cause

• Missing the effect

• Missing cause and effect language

• Missing proper punctuation

Match the following:

• Missing the cause

• If Team B pulls with 150N to the right, then they will win because they are pulling with more force than Team A.

• Missing proper punctuation

• Team B will win

• This is a good hypothesis.

• If team B pulls with 150N to the right then team A will lose because team A is pulling with less force, 120N to the left.

• This is an effect

• if team B pulls with 150N to the right then team B would we win because they would pulling with a greater force than team A

• Missing the comma after the cause

• Then team B wins because they are using more force than the other team.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If the environment doesn't change, then the light rock pocket mice population will increase because they will be able to camouflage in the light colored environment.

What is the effect?

• the environment doesn't change

• the light rock pocket mice population will increase

• they will be able to camouflage in the light colored environment

• If ________________, then _________________ becuase ___________.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4