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Duplicate of Scientific Method
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Basic scientific method for Biology
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What is the first thing you do if you are in the lab and you spill chemicals on your hands?
Scream
Tell the instructor
Pull the chemical shower
Get the fire extinguisher
2
If an experiment cannot be repeated by other people or scientists then it's
Not reliable
Perfect
a good experiment
Reliable
3
Test the effect of amount of light on plant growth. What is the IV?
Amount of Light
Plant growth
The amount of Soil
The type of plant
4
All of these need to be part of any graph you create EXCEPT
Colors
Equal intervals
A title
Labeled axes with units
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Roosevelt football team wants to know if protein shakes make you stronger. What's the DV here?
The coach
Shakes
The age of players
Player Strength
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What do you need in order to begin the scientific method?
Hands
A problem/question
Tools
A degree
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This is the type of graph that requires a key
A line graph
All graphs require a key
A multi-line graph
A bar graph
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The effect of the amount of light on plant growth. This would be a good....
Title for a graph
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Hypothesis
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A control group helps an experiment because it give the scientist
A group to compare experimental results to
More participants
None of the above
More work
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Select the correctly written hypothesis
If you train dogs more they might be better.
If you treat dogs well they will be friendly, because they like to please
What happens if you train dogs?
Dogs are friendly
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The purpose of a procedure is to....
Make sure that the participants know exactly what's happenin
Make you do more writing
Keep other people from copying
Show others the steps you took to do the experiment.
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True or False: Only people with degrees in science can conduct experiments.
False
True
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What is the difference between the experimental group and the control group
The experimental group get the IV done on them
The experimental group gets results
The experimental group is independent
The experimental group is larger
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The dependent variable is the.....
Stays the same
Changed by the scientist
Results
Is known before the experiment
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How is a control variable different than the dependent variable?
Control variables are the outcome.
Control variables are the same as dependent variables.
Control variables are what the scientist is testing.
Control Variables remain constant.
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What is the independent variable
The variable being tested and changed
When you hold something constant
The outcome
The variable measured
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John tests whether his rap skills are the best in school. Why would you not trust his results?
He hates country music
He is biased
He is not a scientist
He controlled too much
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This is when you state whether your hypothesis was correct, your errors, and what you do next.
Procedure
Conclusion
Problem
Graph
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A good hypothesis must
Be testable
All the above
Be based in logical observations
Make a prediction
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Which scenario would be the most credible and accurate?
Controlling all variables and doing one trial
Controlling variables and doing 100 trials
Not controlling variables and doing one trial.
Not controlling variables and doing 100 trials
