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Which goes first in a scientific experiment?
conclusion
data, tables and charts
question or problem
hypothesis
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How do experiments help scientist learn.
It helps them answer questions about the world
It helps them become famous
It helps them learn only if they make new discoveries.
It only helps if they get thier hypothesis right.
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Scientists share thier findings to....
kep their work secret
learn from each other
so they don't have to repeat it
compete with each other
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Interpretting data: In the graph below what is the 2nd most popular sport in the school
softball
basketball
soccer
other
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When we gather information using the 5 senses this is called....
performing experiments
stating a hypothesis
making observations
forming conclusions
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A variable can be controlled when:
When all your test groups are the same.
You compare a normal group to a group you are testing on.
When none of your test groups are the same.
When you make constant chages to the groups.
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When you write down or record what is happening in your experiment it is called
an experiment
an observatoin
a conclusion
a hypothesis
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Which of the follwoing is always an impaortant part of an experiment?
making a working model
identifying and cotrolling variables
observing things in nature
making drawings of things observed
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Only scientists
record data
make observations
research
perform experiments
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Which would you do first in a scientific investigation?
form a queston or probem
draw conclusions
write a hypothesis
organize data
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A control group is used
as a conclusion
to compare a variable to
as data
for multiple trials
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The first step in the scientific method a scientist usually takes is to
create a hypothesis
create a testable question
gather evidence
create a conclusion
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Scientific evidence is:
data that supports your findings
how people feel about things
what people like
supported by popular votes
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A controled experiment...
does not add any variables to the tests
tests multiple variables
Ussually only includes one trial
only tests one variable
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When we gather information with our senses - taste, touch, smell, see, hear - it is called.
forming conclusions
making observations
stating hypotheses
performing experiments
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What would happen if scientist didn't publish thier findings in journals?
They could get too famous
Other scientists would not benefit from thier work.
People could steal thier work
They would never be famous
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What is the difference between the people who like cats and goldfish?
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