Scientific Method (The scientific method)

Why do we use the scientific method?

• To help us find things we have lost.

• To answer a specific questions.

• To become a scientist.

The scientific method has many steps that

• can be followed and repeated as needed

• Help people solve crimes

• must be approached in strict order

The scientific method is a continuous process.

• FALSE

• TRUE

What are reliable sources for research?  Choose all that apply.

• Wikipedia

• websites from Universities or Scientific organization that end in .edu or .org or .gov

• Journals from scientific organizations that are vetted and peer reviewed

What is a hypothesis?

• The last step of the scientific method.

• an educated guess

• An prediction of what you think will occur based on research.

Check all the data that is quantitative

• Produces a gas

• Changes from a solid into a liquid

• Turns from yellow to green

• Increases in temperture by 10 degress.

• Plant grows 10 cm

Which of the following are independent variables?

• The amount of dog food given to puppies is decreased by a vet to see if they will lose weight.

• The vet measures the weight of the puppies after one week.

• A scientist changes the amount of sunlight a plant receives in an experiment to see how they grow in different levels of light

• A scientists measure how tall a plant grows after feeding it fertilizer

During an experiment, there must be at least how many groups?

• 1

• 2