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Review for middle school test on Scientific Method. #scientificmethod
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How can you research a topic?
Reading books
All answers are correct
Using the internet
Making observations
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Does wearing lipstick make you prettier? Is this a good scientific question? Why or why not?
No because it isn't measurable
Yes, it's a good question
No because there is no independent variable
No because there is no dependent variable.
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When should you use a bar graph?
parts of a whole
comparing
When you want to look smart
distance over time
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What is the main reason scientists conduct research?
To stay up to date on the world around them.
To learn more information before they conduct an experiment
Because they are lazy
So they don't have to do experiments
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What is the 5th step of the Scientific Method?
Hypothesis
Conclusion
Record and Analyze Data
Question/Problem
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What is a constant variable?
What you change in an experiment
What you think will happen in an experiment
What stays the same in an experiment
What you measure in an experiment
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How should a hypothesis be written?
If DV, then IV
If IV, then DV
I believe that DV will affect IV
DV will happen
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What is an example of an inference?
The wind speed is 20 mph.
It's going to rain today
The sky is dark gray and cloudy
It's 54 degrees outside
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What is the 4th step of the Scientific Method?
Problem/question
Conclusion
Analyze Date
Experiment
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Do students do better on tests if they eat eggs or cereal for breakfast? What is the IV?
The students
The time they ate breakfast
How they did on the test
The food they ate
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How should you title a data table?
Data tables don't need titles
The name of the experiment
IV vs DV
DV vs IV
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What is an inference?
Numbers and a label
What is kept the same in an experiment
A guess you make using observations
Describing qualities and characteristics
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What is a hypothesis?
An educated prediction
What you keep the same in an experiment
Something you know
An observation
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What is an independent variable?
A prediction about an experiment
What you change in an experiment.
What stays the same in an experiment
What you measure in an experiment
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Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?
It doesn't belong on a graph
Across the bottom
In the middle
Along the side
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What is a dependent variable?
A prediction about the experiment
What is measured in the experiment
What is changed in the experiment
What stays the same in the experiment
17
Identify the constant in this experiment: Do plants grow faster in the shade?
All answers are correct
Amount of shade
Amount of water each plant gets
How fast they grow
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What is a qualitative observation?
Numbers and a label
Describing qualities and characteristics (words)
What is kept the same in an experiment
A guess you make using an observation
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What is the 2nd step of the Scientific Method?
Problem/Question
Hypothesis
Research your topic
Experiment
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When do you use a line graph?
Distance over time
When you want to look smart
parts of a whole
comparing
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Why is it important to have a detailed procedure?
So Scientists make few mistakes
So Scientists can repeat experiments
All answers are correct
So experiments are reliable and accurate
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When would you used a pie graph
When you want to look smart
parts of a whole
comparing
distance over time
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What is the purpose of the Scientific Method?
To become a scientist
To research new information
To solve problems and create experiments
To practice safety
24
What is an example of a qualitative observation?
It's 67 degrees outside
It's going to rain today
The sky is dark gray
The wind speed is 20 mph
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Why do scientists have constants?
So scientists know their results came only from the DV
So Scientists can record data easier
So scientists know their results came only from the IV
So scientists stay safe
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What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
Experiment
Conclusion
Problem/Question
Hypothesis
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Do students do better on tests if they eat eggs or cereal for breakfast? What is the DV?
The school they go to
The time they ate
The food they ate
How they scored on the test
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How should you title a graph?
Whatever the experiment is about
IV vs DV
DV vs IV
Graphs don't need a title
29
What is the 3rd Step of the Scientific Method?
Analyze Data
Experiment
Hypothesis
Research your topic
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Where does the independent variable go on a graph?
In the middle
Along the side
Along the bottom
Nowhere
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What is a quantitative observation?
A guess you make using an observation
Numbers and a label
What is kept the same in an experiment
Describing qualities and characteristics
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What is an example of a quantitative observation?
It's 48 degrees outside
It's going to rain today
It's gray and cloudy out
The moon looks like a crescent shape
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What is the 6th step of the Scientific Method?
Hypothesis
Analyze Data
Research your topic
Conclusion
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Why can't you have more than one independent variable?
Because it can't be measured
Because you won't know what caused your results.
Because it will take too long
Because there is too much data if there is more than one
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What does a good scientific question need to have?
A dependent variable
All answers are correct
An independent variable
It needs to be measurable
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What is a procedure?
Step by step instructions
Safety rules
What stays the same in an experiment
A prediction
