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Scientific Method Grade 6 Science
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How do experiments help scientist learn.
It helps them answer questions about the world
It helps them learn only if they make new discoveries.
It helps them become famous
It only helps if they get thier hypothesis right.
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What is the dependent variable?
Your standard experiment
What you test
What you measure
the controlled variable
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A hypothesis should be written in what format?
C-A-R
C-E-R
If-then-because
If-and-but
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What is a hypothesis?
All Above
Educated Guess / Inference
An Observation
If/Then Statement
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Scientific evidence is:
what people like
data from your experiment
how people feel about things
supported by popular votes
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The reasoning part of your conclusion is
the scientific explanation
the answer to your question
based on your hypothesis
the data you collected
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Only scientists
perform complex experiments
record data
make observations
research
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Which would you do after writing a testable question in a scientific investigation?
form a queston or probem
write a hypothesis
organize data
draw conclusions
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How do you prove a hypothesis?
Stare at it
Eat it
You don't
Test it
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"The big box is heavy."
Inference
Observation
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When you write down what you observed or measured in your experiment it is called
a hypothesis
data collection
a conclusion
an experiment
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What would happen if scientist didn't publish thier findings?
Other scientists would not benefit from thier work.
They would never be famous
They could get too famous
People could steal thier work
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In which step of the scientific method does a scientist plan and write exactly what they will do in their experiment?
procedure
hypothesis
conclusion
data, tables and charts
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A variable is a control when:
You compare a normal group to a group you are testing on.
When you make constant chages to the groups.
When all your test groups are the same.
When none of your test groups are the same.
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The Claim in your conclusion is:
the answer to your question
a scientific explanation
the data you collected
an educated guess
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When we gather information using the 5 senses this is called....
making observations
forming conclusions
stating a hypothesis
performing experiments
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Scientists share thier findings to....
compete with each other
learn from each other
so they don't have to repeat it
kep their work secret
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Which of the follwoing is always an impaortant part of an experiment?
identifying and cotrolling variables
observing things in nature
making a working model
making drawings of things observed
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"How would adding salt to water affect the boiling point?"
not testable
teastable
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A controled experiment...
tests multiple variables
Ussually only includes one trial
does not add any variables to the tests
only tests one variable
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A control group is used
as a conclusion
as data
to compare a variable to
for multiple trials
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What is it called when a seed sprouts or begins to grow from a seed?
Germanynation
Growing
Exfoliation
Germination
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A testable question MUST be ________
Testable
Measurable
Fun
Testable AND measurable
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"How does sugar change how you feel?"
not testable
taestable
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What is the difference between the people who like cats and goldfish?
4
5
8
2
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What is the germination rate?
How many seeds sprouted
The number of germs in an experiment.
the number of seeds you start with
How many seeds are left
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What do you need more practice with?
writing a hypothesis
Identifying variables
testable questions
C-E-R
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"The cart was going 53 miles per hour."
inference
observation
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The first step a scientist usually takes in the scientific method is to
gather evidence
create a hypothesis
create a testable question
create a conclusion
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Interpretting data: In the graph below what is the 2nd most popular sport in the school
basketball
other
soccer
softball
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A conclusion should be written in what format?
If-and-but
C-A-R
If-then-becasue
C-E-R
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The evidence part of your conclusion is
the scientific explanation
the answer to your question
the data you collected
kept the same throughout an experiment
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When we gather information with our senses - taste, touch, smell, see, hear - it is called.
performing experiments
stating hypotheses
forming conclusions
making observations
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An experimental procedure should include:
only one independent variable
All of these
Exact measurments
Easy to understand directions
