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Duplicate of Scientific Method
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A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
experiment
observation
hypothesis
scientific method
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A good experiment is
performed only once
never retested
has more than one changed variable
repeatable
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Do tire treads affect the breaking distance of a car? What is the IV?
care
breaking distance
tire treads
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What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes?
drawing conclusions
making a hypothesis
making observations
interpreting data
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Does age affect how quickly a puzzle is done? What is the DV?
puzzle
place puzzle is completed
the speed of puzzle completion
age of person
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A hypothesis must be...
testable
experimental
observed
proven correct
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Qualitative observations are
words and numbers
numbers only
sometimes words and numbers
words only
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Does age affect how quickly a puzzle is done? What is the IV?
puzzle
place puzzle is completed
the speed of puzzle completion
age of person
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Do tire treads affect the breaking distance of a car? What is the DV?
breaking distance
care
tire treads
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In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called the
experimental variable
controlled variable
independent variable
dependent variable
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How do you test a hypothesis?
perform an experiment
gather data
make a graph
record results
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The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an
inquiry
scientific method
observation
conclusion
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To be a valid experiment you should have...
an experimental group
a control group
all of the above
one changed variable
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The constant is ____
what remains the same between the two groups
the test group
what the test group is compared to
the data
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A hypothesis is an educated guess that must be
proven true
made a law
made a theory
testable
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In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the
independent variable
controlled variable
experimental variable
dependent variable
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Does a calculator speed up math homework? What is the IV?
how fast homework is done
2 + 2 = 4
use of calculator
correct math answers
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The clock chimed twice. Observation or Inference?
Observation
Inference
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When a scientist shares her findings with other scientists, she is
making a hypothesis
analyzing data
experimenting
communicating results
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In which step of the scientific method do we want to use graphs
communicate results
making a hypothesis
analyze data
asking questions
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Does a calculator speed up math homework? What is the DV?
how fast homework is done
2 + 2 = 4
use of calculator
correct math answers
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The first step of the scientific method involves
performing an experiment
predicting the result of an experiment
making observations
forming a hypothesis
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A hypothesis is a _____ of the outcome of the experiment.
observation
mistake
conclusion
prediction
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Does age affect how quickly a puzzle is done? What is the constant(s)?
age of person
the speed of puzzle completion
puzzle
place puzzle is completed
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When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are
drawing conclusions
making observations
asking questions
forming a hypothesis
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The final part; a summary of reasonable inferences is a/an
conclusion
controlled experiment
question
hypothesis
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Which of the following is an observation?
Baseball is fun.
My dog is the best.
Roses are pretty.
The leaves on the tree are green.
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Ultimately, all scientific knowledge comes from...
both experimentation and observation
textbooks
only experimentation
only observation
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Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?
It is an if/then statement
It is a prediction
It is testable
It should restate the question
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The child's temperature was 101 degrees. Quantitative or Qualitative?
Qualitative
Quantitative
