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A Review of the Scientific Method
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What are you doing when you smell something?
Making an observation
Making an inference
Drawing conclusions
Forming a hypothesis
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1 You see steam rising off of cup of coffee. 2 You think the coffee is hot.
1 inference 2 inference
1 inference 2 observation
1 observation, 2 inference
1 observation 2 observation
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What is a prediction?
What you think the outcome of your experiment is
Just another word for hypothesis
Another word for observation.
To make a conclusion based on results
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What is the evidence used to determine the hypothesis?
Procedure
Hypothesis
Data/Results
Materials
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What step is observation?
6
4
1
3
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What is the last step to the scientific method?
Hypothesis
Observe
Research
Conclusion
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What is step number 5?
Perform the experiment
Observe and record results
Form a hypothesis
Count the variables
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What is the set of instructions that are followed while conducting an experiment called?
Analysis
Conclusion
Procedure
Data
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When sharing information it is called?
Making a hypothesis
Communicating results
Making a conclusion
Experimenting
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Which is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?
It is a prediction
It is testable
It is an if/then statement
It should restate the questions
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If you don't like the results can you leave it out of your data?
yes
no
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What is the scientific method?
A method that anyone can use to solve problems.
All of the above.
A problem solving tool.
How scientists find answers to questions.
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The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called:
A thought process
An educated guess
An inquiry
Observation
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In an experiment the one variable that is changed is called:
A determination
An experimental variable
A controlled variable
A dependent variable
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What is the term for the broad technique of a scientific investigation?
Natural Science
Applied Science
Discipline
The Scientific Method
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How many steps are in the Scientific Method?
8
7
10
3
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What would you use the Scientific Method for?
Prove others wrong
Prove a Hypothesis
Do a science experiment
Make new things
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In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called the...
Controlled Variable
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Experiment Variable
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Before a hypothesis can be tested, you must first conduct:
A seminar
A symphony
Research
An experiment
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All things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair are called:
controlled variables or constants
independent variable
dependent variable
controlled variable
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What is the last step in the scientific method?
Observation
Conclusion and report results
Materials
Hypothesis
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What is the controlled variable?
The dependent variable
The time
The variable that remains unchanged
The variable that changes the results of the dependent
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How do you prove a hypothesis?
Perform an experiment and observe data
Make educated guesses and say it works
Perform a similar experiment
Hope your hypothesis is right
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This is the factor in an experiment that can be manipulated.
Hypothesis
The independent variable
The dependent variable
Investigation
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After you state your hypothesis, the next step of the scientific method is:
Record and analyze your data
Write down your procedures
Perform the experiment
Research the problem
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What is the right order for the scientific method?
Question, Observe, Hypothesis, Conclusion
Conclusion, Hypothesis, Procedures, Research.
Question, Hypothesis, Observe, Conclusion.
Question, Procedures, Conclusion, Research.
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Are scientists the only one who can use the scientific method?
YES
NO
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What is a hypothesis?
If /then statement
A counting of variables
Interpret data
A stated conclusion
