Scientific method #3

The first and second step of the scientific method are:

• Question and Conclusion

• Question and Hypothesis

• Question and Experiment

• Hypothesis and Data

An experiment was designed to test if a specific vitamin would make a horse grow taller.

What would be the hypothesis for the experiment?

• Does a specific vitamin make a horse grow taller?

• The vitamin.

• If I give a horse a specific vitiamin, then it will grow taller.

• The height of the horse.

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

• interpreting data
• making hypothesis
• drawing conclusions
• making observations

Which question would be the best high level scientific question?

• How long ago did dinosaurs live on the Earth?
• Who made the first microscope?
• Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
• How many giraffes live in Africa?

A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions

• hypothesis
• observation
• experiment
• scientific method