S1 - Scientific Method

Catherine is testing which soil will help grow the tallest grass. What is NOT a constant?

Which of the following statements is an example of a good hypothesis?

What is considered the "effect" of an experiment?

A hypothesis must be...

On day 3 of a plant experiment, you measured the height of five lentils. How would you calculate the MEAN (avg) height?

Which of these is a qualitative observation?

Catherine is testing which soil will help grow the tallest grass. What is the independent variable?

Hana does an experiment to test the effect of sugar substitutes on yeast growth. What is the IV?

Yvonne does an experiment to see if wider wings on a paper airplane helps it fly further. Wider wings would be the

Alissa is setting up an experiment to test the effect of music on plant growth. What control should she use?

Which of these is a quantitative observation?

What is considered the "cause" of an experiment?

Inference vs. Observation: One bird is black, white, and red. The other bird is brown and white.

Odali does an experiment on the effect of pH on algae growth in a freshwater aquarium. Algae growth would be the

The independent variable is the one thing you ____ in an experiment.

Talal wonders if different temperatures have an effect on reaction time. If he did an experiment, what is the DV?

The dependent variable is the thing you ____ in an experiment.

A hypothesis is a _____ of the outcome of the experiment.