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Scientific Method
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What form do we use to write hypotheses?
question-answer
control-test
if-then
yes-no
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Why is a placebo used in double-blind drug test?
to prevent people from having side effects from the drug.
to keep the cost of the experiment down.
so everybody thinks they took medicine, but nobody did.
so subjects and scientists don't know which is control group
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What must occur for a hypothesis to be considered fully proven?
Other scientists must repeat experiment and get same results
Newspapers must report the event.
There must be a specific number of controlled experiments.
Public opinion must agree with the results.
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The scientific method is
steps used to answer questions and investigate problems
ways to divide cells during reproduction.
one group getting a placebo during a test using 2 groups.
experiment done using two variables.
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Galileo was an Italian scientist who helped to develop the
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
scientific method.
cannon.
placebo effect.
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What is the first step in the scientific method?
looking for more support
conducting a controlled experiment
askingaquestion
forming a hypothesis
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In a double-blind test, the non-control group receives a
new medicine.
placebo.
control.
hypothesis.
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In a controlled experiment, scientists investigate a single.
placebo
variable
cell
control
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The fake pill or medicine taken by members of a control group is a
variable.
double-blind experiment.
hypothesis.
placebo.
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A hypothesis is a(n)
analysis of test results.
kind of placebo.
experiment.
tentative explanation for an observation.
