Vocabulary
prediction; educated guess
What is hypothesis?
a certain pattern or way of doing something; steps of an experiment
What is procedure?
the first step in the scientific method
Ask a question or identify the problem
numbers, observations, or information you collect in an experiment.
What is a data?
information gathered about the experiment
What is data?
uses your senses to gather information
What is observation?
the second step in the scientific method
What is form a hypothesis?
the variable that you change in the experiment
manipulated variable
model or guide used to gather information and solve problems
What is the scientific method?
an activity that is planned and designed to test a hypothesis
What is experiment?
the third step in the scientific method
write materials and procedure
the thing that is measured by the scientist
responding variable
research to help find an answer
What is investigate?
things that change or can be changed during an experiment
What is variable?
the fifth step in the scientific method
What is make observations and record data?
The things that stay the same in an experiment so it does not affect the results
control variable
stays the same in an experiment
What is control?
the last two steps in the scientific method
What is organize and analyze data and state a conclusion?
In the following statement, what is the hypothesis? Jamie noticed that many of the plants in her yard were dying. She saw some June bugs in the area one day. She wanted to try to figure out what was happening to her plants. She thinks that if June bugs live near her plants, then they will die faster than plants without the June bugs.
"if June bugs live near her plants, then they will die faster than plants without the June bugs."