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Middle School Scientific Method Review Quiz
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What is the
last
step of the scientific method?
Share Results
Conclusion
Question
Hypothesis
2
Is this testable?
Does the color of light affect the growth of plants?
Yes
No
3
In the graph below what would be the
Dependent Variable
?
Growth
Daily Amount of Water
4
What is the
independent variable
?
What the scientist changes in an experiment
What remains the same in an experiment
The average
What is measured in an experiment
5
Why do we usually repeat experiments many times in Science before drawing a conclusion?
Scientists get more money that way!
So we aren't biased
Scientists are bored.
Every time we experiment, we get more information
6
Why is it important to have a control group when using the scientific method?
To have something "normal" to compare the results to
To keep everything the same
So you can control the results
To get the best results
7
What do scientists consider the backbone of all scientific investigations?
Data
Research
Hypothesis
Experiment
8
What are the factors in an experiment called?
Variables
Data
Observation
Outcome
9
What is the one thing that a hypothesis must be?
Changable
Testable
Predictable
Correct
10
What is the
dependent variable
in an experiment?
What is being measured
What is staying the same
What is being changed
11
Is this testable?
What will happen to the distance a paper airplane flies if the size changes?
Yes
No
12
What is a
constant
in an experiment?
Anything that changes
What is controlled
Anything that remains the same
Anything that is unusual
13
Is this testable?
Will a squirrel go nuts if it's given jelly beans?
Yes
No
14
Is this testable?
Why do paper airplanes fly?
No
Yes
15
It is also called an educated guess and is written as an
if... then...
statement
Hypothesis
Question
Experiment
Problem
16
In a scientific investigation, what are the two
testable
factors?
Control and Conclusion
Qualitative & Quantitative
Independent variable & Dependent variable
Codependent variables
17
How many independent variables are in an experiment?
three
two
one
18
In an investigation, the factors that do
not
change are called the what?
data
dependent variable
constants
independent variable
19
In this step of the scientific method you design and carry out test, or trials.
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion
Problem
20
A possible solution to a scientific problem is a(n)...
hypothesis
conclusion
theory
law
