Scientific Method Reading Review

The following are the typical steps of the scientific method. Put the steps in its typical order.

• Construct hypothesis.

• Background research.

• Ask a question. Observation.

• Collect and analyze data.

• Perform experiment.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

This process involves digging deeper into the topic that you are interested in and finding out what is already known about it.

• background research

• foundation

• analyzing data

• drawing conclusion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Doing background research helps to _ your investigation. Choose from these word options: broaden, narrow, or confuse.

From yesterday's text, jellyfish have tiny stinging cells called what?

• stingoid

• cnidocyte

• pterodactyl

• nematocyst

When nematocysts get triggered (tiny capsule containing stinging cells), threads containing venom shoots out. This venom causes which of the following?

• skin burn

• pimple eruption from the skin

• paralysis

• insomnia

This is a statement that contains both the independent and the dependent variable.

• introductory statement

• hypothesis

• exclamatory statement

• conclusion

The variable that the experimenter is changing is called the _ variable.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The variable that the experimenter is measuring is called the _ variable.

If I add more fire starter on this wood pile, then more flames will erupt very quickly when I light it with a match.

What is the dependent variable in this scenario?

• more fire starter

• more flames will erupt

• wood pile

• match

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Variables that are kept the same in an experiment is called _.

• constant

• control

• IV

• DV