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Scientific Method Vocab Review
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A #Science review of unit 1 vocabulary on the #ScientificMethod!!
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What is the investigation & exploration of the natural world called?
Scientific Theory
Psuedoscience
Science
Scientific Inquiry
2
After you've created a hypothesis, the next logical step is to...
analyze your results
make observations
test your hypothesis
draw a conclusion
3
Where do you tell if you supported your hypothesis or not?
conclusion
observations
data analysis
hypothesis
4
_________ data describes observations using
words.
Quantitative
Qualitative
Alphabetical
Numerical
5
Scientific _________ explains
how or why
events occur.
inquiry
law
observation
theory
6
___________ is an example of
Life Science.
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Astronomy
7
What are the factors that are held the same throughout the experiment?
Hypotheses
Constants
Conclusions
Controlled Variables
8
Scientists do all their measurements in the
Imperial system
American system
International System of Units
metric system
9
What is it called when you compare what you already know with the information you are given?
Scientific Inquiry
Empirical Evidence
Critical Thinking
Scientific Theory
10
A scientist performing repetition is doing multiple __________ of his experiment.
observations
tests
trials
rounds
11
A ____________ must be testable.
hypothesis
experiment
inference
prediction
12
Scientific ________ is the process of answering a question or solving a problem.
thinking
theory
law
inquiry
13
How many scientists are required in
repetition
?
Any amount. It doesn't matter.
1
2 or more
Exactly 3
14
Scientists make hypotheses based on
observations
experiments
conclusions
tests
15
___________ is an example of
Earth Science.
Biology
Astronomy
Chemistry
Physics
16
The scientific method is the way scientists discover new evidence.
False - it is one of many ways.
True!!
False - you don't have to be a scientist to use it
Kind of true, but not really?
17
___________ is an example of
Physical Science
.
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Astronomy
18
In order to be valid, hypotheses must be...
precise
accurate
testable
empirical
19
A scientist working in a lab is most likely to do a(n)
inference-based study
experiment
systematic investigation
empirical observation
20
Testing the same thing multiple times is
replication
repetition
21
How many scientists must be involved in
replication
?
1
Any amount. It doesn't matter.
Exactly 3
2 or more
22
Scientific _________ states that
events
will
occur, not how or why they occur.
law
observation
inquiry
theory
23
What is the variable that is
changed
by the investigator in an experiment?
Dependent
Independent
Controlled
Constant
24
A scientist working in the field is most likely to do a(n)
empirical observation
experiment
inference-based study
systematic investigation
25
A conclusion or explanation based on observations is called a(n)
observation
hypothesis
inference
prediction
26
You cannot _______ a hypothesis; you can only _______ it.
prove; support
support; prove
prove; disprove
disprove; prove
27
_______ evidence is using your 5 senses to make an observation.
Observational
Empirical
Systematic
Experimental
28
Someone else doing your experiment the same way is
repetition
replication
29
_________ data describes observations using
numbers.
Qualitative
Quantitative
Numerical
Value
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What is the variable that is
measured
during an experiment?
Controlled
Independent
Dependent
Constant
