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Duplicate of Scientific Method
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A quiz over the scientific method
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What is the purpose of a controlled experiment?
To confuse students
To make life difficult
To test mulitiple variables
To isolate and test only one variable
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Why should an experiment be repeated?
to change controls
to form a hypothesis
to identify the problem
to reduce the chance of error
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What is the term for testing your hypothesis?
Observation
Bingo
Variables
Experiment
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The variable that is changed in an experiment.
Dependent variable
Independent variable
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What is the goal of Science?
To understand the world
To change the world
To destroy the world
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A hypothesis is a(n) _____________ guess based on _______________ and your knowledge.
funny, jokes
educated, observations
wild, supersitition
uneducated, news
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Which step of the scientific method do you determine if your hypothesis was right or wrong?
Observation
Replicate experiment
Experiment
Conclusion
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A possible answer / a predicted outcome
evaluating
variable
subjective
hypothesis
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A well tested and scientfically accepted explanation.
Theory
Hypothesis
Fact
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A hypothesis must be ______________.
written in caps
1000 words and double spaced
a question
testable
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Which variable is controlled by the experimenter?
Independent
Dependent
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To run a controlled experiment on how sleep affects student test scores, you must
vary the amount of sleep and food each group of students eat
vary amount of sleep and keep all other variables the same
vary the type of tests that you give students
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A process that is used to find answers to questions about the world around us?
Hypothesis
Problem
Guessing
Scientific Method
