Constructing and Critiquing Conclusions and Explanations

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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Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Make observation
• Form a theory
• Collect data
• Form a hypothesis

A testable prediction to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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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.

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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What is the next step in the scientific method after you make observations?

• Ask a question

• Conclusion

• No Horse Play

• Observe

Before beginning an experiment you must first make a ____.

• Question

• Conclusion

• Plan

• Experiment

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What are the first 3 steps of the scientific method in order?

• 1, 2, 3

• Ask a question, draw a conclusion, experiment

• Observations, Ask a question, Form a hypothesis

• Make a plan, Experiment, Hypothesis

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