Scientific Method

Question 1

What is an independent variable?

Accepted Answer

The variable that you change in the experiment.

Question 2

What is a hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

an educated guess

Question 3

What is an inference?

Accepted Answer

a possible explanation for observation

Question 4

What are controlled variables?

Accepted Answer

The variables that stay the same throughout the experiment.

Question 5

If I eat 2 chocolate candy bars a day, then I will gain 20 pounds in 2 weeks. What is this?

Accepted Answer

hypothesis

Question 6

Who is your favorite teacher?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Brennan

Question 7

I wonder if Tylenol or Advil works better on my headaches... What is this an example of

Accepted Answer

question

Question 8

What is a qualitative observation?

Accepted Answer

Observation that uses the 5 senses.

Question 9

What is the last step of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

make conclusions/share

Question 10

What is a quanititative observation?

Accepted Answer

Observations that have numbers in them

Question 11

What is a dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

the variable that you are measuring.

Question 12

What is the 1st step in the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

make observation/ask question

Question 13

Anthony's hair is brown. This is an example of a

Accepted Answer

qualitative observation

Question 14

There are 3 students in the room. What type of observation is this?

Accepted Answer

Quanitative

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