Steps of the Method
The first step of the scientific method
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The written plan for an experiment
Summary and/or materials and procedure
The following is a ___________:
What will happen if I place a sugar cube into boiling water?
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The smallest particle that makes up ALL things
Atoms
The step in which scientists look up background information
Research
All knowledge gained from experiments
Science!
A drawn picture of a test tube with chemicals inside it would be an example of ________.
Scientific diagram
A change that rearranges atoms into new substances
A chemical reaction
The step of the scientific method that scientists make their best guess, or prediction
Hypothesis
The process that tests whether our ideas about science are true or false
Experiments
The following statement is a ________:
If an ice cube is placed in boiling water, then it will melt in 2 two minutes.
Hypothesis
A change in a substance that does NOT rearrange the atoms of that substance
Physical change
The step of the scientific method to collect numbers and measurements
Data
A property of matter
Something that can be observed about the substance (color, mass, weight, density, etc.)
The following would be an example of ______:
1) Atoms are the smallest piece of matter
2) Chemical reactions rearrange atoms in a substance
Research
A substance that only has one kind of atom
An element
True or false: Science only happens in laboratories in colleges by people with advance degrees.
False
The final step of the scientific method
Conclusion
What scientists look for in their data to come up with an explanation of what's happening
A pattern
At 2 minutes, the car moved 3 feet. At 3 minutes, the car moved 4 feet.
Data
The theory that atoms cannot be created or destroyed
The theory of conservation of matter