Which question would make a good hypothesis?

Does the amount of salt in water affect the boiling point?

Which statement best describes why scientific knowledge changes over time?

New technology enables scientists to make new observations.

How do you make a conclusion?

Compare the data/results to the prediction they tested.

Which hypothesis is written correctly?

If a car weighs more, then it will go down the ramp faster

An educated guess made into a statement

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Scientific Method

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1
If you wanted to measure the distance from New York to San Diego you would use
grams
liters
millimeters
kilometers
2
What is the first step of the scientific method
Perform an experiment
Analyze the data
Form a hypothesis
Ask a question
3
Which is an example of a quantitative quantity?
Volume
Sticky
Color
Smelly
4
Which question would make a good hypothesis?
Does the amount of salt in water affect the boiling point?
How long ago did dinosaurs roam the Earth?
How many polar bears live in the Arctic?
Who theorized Natural Selection?
5
A series of steps designed to answer questions and solves problems is called
an experiment
the scientific method
an observation
a hypothesis
6
Which statement best describes why scientific knowledge changes over time?
Experiments produce different results each time they are run
New technology enables scientists to make new observations.
Modern scientists are more intelligent.
The world changes all the time so explanations are different
7
How do you make a conclusion?
Guess what the results should be.
Compare the data/results to the prediction they tested.
Look at the hypothesis and pick the results you like best.
Keep testing until you get the results you want.
8
Which is an example of a qualitative observation?
Density
Mass
Length
Color
9
When you decide the data either supports or rejects the hypothesis you are
forming a hypothesis
drawing conclusions
asking questions
making observations
10
Which is the variable representing the value being manipulated or changed?
dependent variable
meter
constant
control group
11
Which hypothesis is written correctly?
Weight added to a car will allow it to go faster.
A car has more weight then it will be faster down the ramp.
If a car weighs more, then it will go down the ramp faster
If weight is added to a car it will go down the ramp faster.
12
A hypothesis is well written if
it can be tested
you are the only one who believes in it
everyone agrees with it
it eventually makes you money
13
In which scientific method step would you use graphs
Communicating Results
Asking a Question
Making a hypothesis
Making Observations
14
What is a hypothesis
An observable study
An educated guess made into a statement
An independent idea
A random sampling
15
If you were measuring the mass of a cricket you would use
grams
kilograms
liters
meters

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