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Review for middle school test on Scientific Method. #scientificmethod
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What is a constant variable?
What you change in an experiment
What stays the same in an experiment
What you measure in an experiment
What you think will happen in an experiment
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What is an example of a qualitative observation?
The wind speed is 20 mph
It's 67 degrees outside
It's going to rain today
The sky is dark gray
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What is an inference?
What is kept the same in an experiment
Describing qualities and characteristics
Numbers and a label
A guess you make using observations
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What is the 6th step of the Scientific Method?
Conclusion
Hypothesis
Analyze Data
Research your topic
5
When should you use a bar graph?
distance over time
parts of a whole
comparing
When you want to look smart
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What is the main reason scientists conduct research?
To learn more information before they conduct an experiment
So they don't have to do experiments
Because they are lazy
To stay up to date on the world around them.
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What is the 2nd step of the Scientific Method?
Hypothesis
Experiment
Research your topic
Problem/Question
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When do you use a line graph?
parts of a whole
When you want to look smart
comparing
Distance over time
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What is an example of a quantitative observation?
It's 48 degrees outside
The moon looks like a crescent shape
It's going to rain today
It's gray and cloudy out
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What is a hypothesis?
Something you know
An observation
What you keep the same in an experiment
An educated prediction
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Do students do better on tests if they eat eggs or cereal for breakfast? What is the DV?
The time they ate
How they scored on the test
The school they go to
The food they ate
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Identify the constant in this experiment: Do plants grow faster in the shade?
Amount of shade
All answers are correct
How fast they grow
Amount of water each plant gets
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Why is it important to have a detailed procedure?
So experiments are reliable and accurate
So Scientists can repeat experiments
All answers are correct
So Scientists make few mistakes
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What is an independent variable?
What stays the same in an experiment
What you measure in an experiment
What you change in an experiment.
A prediction about an experiment
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Where does the independent variable go on a graph?
Nowhere
Along the bottom
Along the side
In the middle
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Why do scientists have constants?
So Scientists can record data easier
So scientists know their results came only from the IV
So scientists know their results came only from the DV
So scientists stay safe
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What is the 5th step of the Scientific Method?
Question/Problem
Record and Analyze Data
Hypothesis
Conclusion
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What is the 4th step of the Scientific Method?
Experiment
Conclusion
Problem/question
Analyze Date
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How should you title a graph?
Whatever the experiment is about
DV vs IV
Graphs don't need a title
IV vs DV
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What is a qualitative observation?
Describing qualities and characteristics (words)
A guess you make using an observation
Numbers and a label
What is kept the same in an experiment
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Do students do better on tests if they eat eggs or cereal for breakfast? What is the IV?
The food they ate
The students
How they did on the test
The time they ate breakfast
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What is a procedure?
Step by step instructions
A prediction
What stays the same in an experiment
Safety rules
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What is the purpose of the Scientific Method?
To practice safety
To become a scientist
To solve problems and create experiments
To research new information
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Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?
Along the side
In the middle
Across the bottom
It doesn't belong on a graph
25
How can you research a topic?
Making observations
Using the internet
Reading books
All answers are correct
26
When would you used a pie graph
distance over time
comparing
When you want to look smart
parts of a whole
27
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
Hypothesis
Conclusion
Experiment
Problem/Question
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How should you title a data table?
DV vs IV
Data tables don't need titles
IV vs DV
The name of the experiment
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What is the 3rd Step of the Scientific Method?
Experiment
Hypothesis
Analyze Data
Research your topic
30
What is a quantitative observation?
Describing qualities and characteristics
What is kept the same in an experiment
A guess you make using an observation
Numbers and a label
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What does a good scientific question need to have?
It needs to be measurable
All answers are correct
An independent variable
A dependent variable
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What is an example of an inference?
The sky is dark gray and cloudy
It's 54 degrees outside
It's going to rain today
The wind speed is 20 mph.
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How should a hypothesis be written?
If IV, then DV
I believe that DV will affect IV
If DV, then IV
DV will happen
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What is a dependent variable?
What is changed in the experiment
What is measured in the experiment
A prediction about the experiment
What stays the same in the experiment
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Does wearing lipstick make you prettier? Is this a good scientific question? Why or why not?
No because there is no independent variable
No because there is no dependent variable.
No because it isn't measurable
Yes, it's a good question
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Why can't you have more than one independent variable?
Because you won't know what caused your results.
Because it can't be measured
Because there is too much data if there is more than one
Because it will take too long
