Scientific Method
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is, to make observations?
What is, a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test hypothesis, or demonstrate a fact?
This is the base unit of measurement for length?
What is the definition of science?
What is, the systematic study of nature through observation and experimentation?
This is the second step of the scientific method
What is, to ask questions?
This is a definition of a dependent variable in an experiment.
This is used to measure volume, smaller than 100.
What are, centiliters?
What is, knowledge that can be gained by the senses?
These are the third and fourth step of the scientific method.
What are, to conduct background research and form a hypothesis?
This is the definition of an independent variable.
This is used to measure mass, even smaller than 1000?
This is the definition of a hypothesis
What is an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true. In the scientific method, the hypothesis is constructed before any applicable research has been done, apart from a basic background review. (Merriam Webster)
These are the 5th and 6th steps of the scientific method.
What are, to design and conduct an experiment and to analyze the data collected from it?
This is an explanation of why constants and controls are important in an experiment.
What is, the importance of measuring the impact or effect of a particular phenomenon by observing change?
This would be used to measure the distance from here to Boston.
What are, kilometers?
This is the definition of of inductive reasoning
What is inference of general laws from particular things (Example: Newton’s apple to infer laws of gravity.)
This is the final step of the scientific method.
What is to communicate results and REPEAT the process?
This was the control in the gummy bear experiment last week.
What was, the gummy bear that was placed in the water?
This would be used to measure the volume of soda in a large bottle.
What are, liters?
This is the definition of deductive reasoning
using general laws to reach specific conclusions. (Example: Using laws of gravity to conclude apple will fall.)
Atalya and Tenley wanted to have a contest to see which of their paper airplanes could fly the longest distance. Tenley's plane flew four meters. Atalya's plane flew two hundred and fifty centimeters. Which plane flew farther? By how much distance?
Tenley’s plane flew farther. It flew 1.5 meter farther or 150 centimeters farther than Atalya’s plane.