What's What
This step of the scientific method involves making educated guesses based on prior knowledge or observations.
What is forming a hypothesis?
The group that is not exposed to the independent variable is called the _______ group.
What is the control group?
In an experiment to determine how the amount of sunlight affects plant growth, it is sunlight.
What is the independent variable?
In an experiment to determine the effect of different concentrations of salt on the boiling point of water, this is the dependent variable.
What is the boiling point of water?
The process of carefully observing, recording, and analyzing information in order to learn more about the world around us is called _______.
What is scientific investigation?
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What is doing science?
The information gathered during an experiment is called _______.
What are data?
In a study investigating the effect of different types of fertilizer on plant growth, it is the dependent variable.
What is plant growth?
In a study investigating the impact of sleep deprivation on reaction time, this is the independent variable.
What is the duration of sleep deprivation?
This type of investigation involves making predictions or explanations based on observations or prior knowledge.
What is an experiment?
This step of the scientific method involves drawing conclusions based on the data collected during the experiment.
What is analyzing the results?
In an experiment to test the effect of temperature on the rate of ice melting, this is the controlled variable.
What is the mass or volume of ice to start with before it melts?
n a study examining the relationship between caffeine consumption and heart rate, this is the dependent variable.
What is heart rate?
The variable that is deliberately changed by the experimenter in an experiment is called the _______ variable.
What is the independent variable?
Repeating steps in an experiment multiple times to ensure accuracy and reliability of results is known as _______.
What is doing trials?
In a study examining the impact of exercise on heart rate, this is the independent variable.
What is the amount of exercise?
In an experiment to investigate the effect of pH on enzyme activity, this is the dependent variable.
What is the rate of enzyme activity?
This step of the scientific method involves systematically testing the hypothesis to determine if it is supported by evidence.
What is conducting experiments?
This type of variable is the outcome or result that is measured in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
In a study examining the influence of music on concentration, this is the controlled variable?
What is the duration of exposure to music?
In an experiment to test the effect of different colors of light on plant growth, this is a controlled variable.
What is white light?