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SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS-GR 6
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS-GR 6
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#REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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I'm studying how mass affects the rate at which objects fall. What's a good hypothesis?
If objects go up, then they must come down
Objects dropped from the same height fall at the same speed
How does mass affect the rate objects fall?
The higher the mass, the faster it will fall
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Which type of investigation allows for less control, but better shows what occurs in nature?
NEITHER
FIELDWORK
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
BOTH
3
Which process of scientific investigation is likely to follow collecting and organizing data?
DEFINING a PROBLEM
IDENTIFYING VARIABLES
ANALYZING INFORMATION
PLANNING an INVESTGATION
4
What is the term for the information that is gathered through observation?
PREDICTIONS
DATA
VARIABLES
EXPERIMENTS
5
What is the term for obtaining information through the five senses?
EXPERIMENTATION
ANALYZING
OBSERVATION
PREDICTING
6
Which variable, also called the outcome variable, changes as a result of the control variable?
MANIPULATED
HYPOTHESIS
DEPENDENT
INDEPENDENT
7
Which of the following is a characteristic of good scientific investigations?
CAN BE REPLICATED
ARE CONTROLLED
ALL OF THESE
HAVE A LARGE SAMPLE SIZE
8
What is a testable scientific explanation that has not yet been tested and confirmed?
HYPOTHESIS
OBSERVATION
EXPERIMENT
VARIABLE
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Which of the following is likely to be the best source of scientific information?
COMMERCIAL BROCHURE
SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL
SCIENCE BLOG
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE
10
Which variable, also called the test variable, is deliberately manipulated?
OUTCOME
INDEPENDENT
DEPENDENT
HYPOTHESIS
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Which type of scientific investigation allows scientists to control the most variables?
FIELDWORK
LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
NEITHER
BOTH
12
What term is described as studying something under controlled conditions?
OBSERVATION
VARIABLES
HYPOTHESIS
EXPERIMENT