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10 questions quiz on the scientific method
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What is a series of carefully planned steps used to test a hypothesis?
Experiment
Variable
Observation
Conclusion
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Why should an experiment be repeated several times?
To reduce the chance of error
To change your hypotheses
Because all experiments are fun
To change controls
3
Hearing,sight, taste, smell, and touch are all used for which aspects of science?
Variables
Theories
Controls
Observations
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What is an educated guess that will predict the answer to a scientific problem or question?
Conclusion
Control
Hypothesis
Independent Variable
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Which of the following is a quantitative observation?
. This dog’s fur is 5 cm long.
This dog has fur.
This dog has brown fur.
This dog’s fur is shiny.
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What should an experimenter do after analyzing data?
Identify the problem
Draw conclusions
Observe and Infer
Make hypotheses
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Which of the following statements could be investigated scientifically?
When the weather gets cold, birds fly to warmer regions.
People who don’t recycle should have to pay fines.
Basketball is a better sport than soccer.
Taking something that belongs to another person is wrong.
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The one factor that you change in an experiment is called the
Dependent Variable
Hypothesis
Conclusion
Independent Variable
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Factors in an experiment that stay the same are called
Constants
Controls
Variables
Hypotheses
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What is the first step in a commonly used scientific method?
Recognizing the problem/question
Drawing conclusions
Controlling variables
Digging for artifacts
