If your data does not support your hypothesis, what does this mean about your experiment?

it is okay. all information is valuable

A dependent variable is

measured during the experiment.

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1
All questions investigated using an experiment must ________________.
be proven true
be testable
be complex
be about unknown things
2
Your hypothesis is
always proven correct.
really not important in an experiment.
just a guess.
an educated prediction.
3
What must happen for a scientific theory to be accepted?
continually updated as new data is added
all of the above
multiple experiments are conducted that support the theory
communicate with other scientists for peer review of theory
4
Data is valid if
it is made up.
can be repeated.
it is true.
it is false.
5
If your data does not support your hypothesis, what does this mean about your experiment?
Just try again, you might get it right the second time.
Just change the hypothesis to support the data you have.
it is okay. all information is valuable
it isn't okay. You will fail because you didn't do it right.
6
Which question can be answered by science?
Do angels really exist?
Do plants like to be talked to?
What cleaner works best?
What happens to something in a black hole?
7
In a graph of data, the slope of the line represents _________________.
the rate of change
the answer to the question
if the hypothesis is proven
nothing, its just a line connecting data points
8
A Hypothesis is written in an
If...then statement.
extremely scientific language.
informative paragraph at the end of the lab report.
informative paragraph at the beginning of the experiment.
9
Standard procedure used to identify a problem, make a prediction, gather data, a conclusion.
brainstorming
scientific method
Socratic method
experimentation
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A dependent variable is
measured during the experiment.
intentionally changed by the scientist.
plotted on the x-axis.
kept constant.

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