Science and the Scientific Method

What is an observation?

• A scientific statement based on ideas

• Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

• To be unaware of your surroundings

• The question that you want an answer to.

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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What are the steps in the scientific method?

• The steps in the scientific method are: Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion, Communication.
• Question, Experiment, Conclusion, Hypothesis
• Hypothesis, Analysis, Communication, Observation
• Observation, Question, Experiment, Conclusion

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What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is an educated guess.
• I don't know.

During this step of the scientific method, a scientist would gather background information. 

• Hypothesis
• Research
• Observation
• Experiment 

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The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

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What is using your 5 senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting when appropriate) along with the right tools to gather information called?

• hypothesizing
• communicating
• observing
• questioning

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What is the use of knowledge to solve practical problems?

• Curiosity

• Science

• common sense

• natural

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What are two general categories that the study of science can be divided into?

• Formal sciences and environmental sciences
• Humanities and engineering sciences
• Natural sciences and social sciences
• Physical sciences and applied sciences