An educated guess about the relationship of two variables

What is the difference between control and experimental variables?

Control: Never changed; Experimental: Always changed

Something that affects an experiment

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Scientific Yo' Method!

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A review of the basics of the scientific method.

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1
Define hypothesis.
An explanation for why something is the way it is
An educated guess about the relationship of two variables
A question about the world around us
A way to record data
2
What is a scientific question?
A question that you do not need to test
A question that is based on opinion
A question that must be tested
A question that has no answer
3
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Make observations
Ask a scientific question
Make a conclusion
Make a hypothesis
4
What is the difference between control and experimental variables?
Both the control and experimental are always changed
Control: Never changed; Experimental: Always changed
Control: Always changed; Experimental: Never changed
Both the control and experimental are never changed
5
What is a variable?
Something that is not allowed in experiments
Something that stays the same in an experiment
Something that affects an experiment
Something that is not important in experiments
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The variable that is affected by something else and is measured.
Control
Dependent
Experimental
Independent
7
What are the two types of experimental variables?
Control and Dependent
Independent and Dependent
Independent and Conclusionary
Control and Independent
8
What is the second step of the scientific method?
Make a hypothesis
Ask a question
Make observations
Make a conclusion
9
What is the third step of the scientific method?
Analyze data
Test with experiment
Make observations
Record data
10
What is the sixth step of the scientific method?
Give up
Make observations
Make conclusion
Record data
11
The variable that affects something else (only use one of these at a time!).
Control
Dependent
Independent
Experimental
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What is the fourth step of the scientific method?
Record data
Test with experiment
Make observations
Analyze data
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What is the fifth step of the scientific method?
Record data
Test with experiment
Make observations
Make conclusion

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