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What would happen if scientists didn't publish their findings in journals?
They could get too famous
Other scientists would not benefit from their work.
They would never be famous
People could steal thier work
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A variable can be controlled when:
You compare a normal group to a group you are testing on.
When none of your test groups are the same.
When all your test groups are the same.
When you make constant chages to the groups.
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What is the difference between the people who like cats and goldfish?
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Scientists share their findings to....
keep their work secret
learn from each other
compete with each other
so they don't have to repeat it
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Scientific evidence is:
what people like
supported by popular votes
how people feel about things
data that supports your findings
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When you write/interpret what is happening in your experiment it is called
an experiment
a hypothesis
an observation
a conclusion
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Which would happen first in the scientific method
gather evidence
create a testable question
create an experiment
create a conclusion
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A repeatable manipulation of one or more aspects of the natural world is: Hypothesis -->
a fact
a variable
a prediction
an experiment
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A DIRECT and repeatable observation in the natural world & received by the senses is
a theory
a variable
an experiment
a fact
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The part of the experiment the resarcher measures -- the "effect" is
the independent variable
a theory
the dependent variable
a hypothesis
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The part that the researcher manipulates in an experiment
dependent variable
independent variable
results
statistics
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The practice that produces scientific knowledge is
theory
Science
fact
scientific method
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Interpretting data: In the graph below what is the 2nd most popular sport in the school
other
soccer
basketball
softball
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When we gather information with our senses - taste, touch, smell, see, hear - it is called.
stating hypotheses
making observations
forming conclusions
performing experiments
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When we gather information using the 5 senses this is called....
making observations
stating a hypothesis
forming conclusions
performing experiments
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Able to be refuted:
falsifiable
a theory
what are you talking about
a fact
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Which of the following is always an important part of an experiment?
making drawings of things observed
setting up pieces of a model
idolizing things in nature
identifying and controlling variables
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A controlled experiment...
Usually only includes one trial
tests multiple variables
only tests one variable
does not add any variables to the tests
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Only scientists
perform experiments in labs
make observations
research
record data
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How do experiments help scientist learn.
It helps them become famous
It helps them answer questions about the world
It helps them learn only if they make new discoveries.
It only helps if they get thier hypothesis right.
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Which goes first in a scientific experiment?
Results
Communicate findings
Experiment
Hypothesis
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Which would you do last in a scientific investigation?
make an observation
organize data
write a hypothesis
draw conclusions
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An observational study that looks for patterns in data is
a hypothesis
a descriptive study
an experiement
an analytical study
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A control group is used
to compare a variable to
for multiple trials
as data
as a conclusion
