Scientific Process
What is the steps scientists use to test?
A ___________ is the result of your experiment and is a statement that answers your scientific question.
What is a conclusion?
Olivia thought, "what would happen if I mixed Whoppers with peanut butter?"
What is a scientific question?
The one thing that is purposely changed to affect the result.
What is an independent variable?
Data
What is information, facts, tables, charts, and graphs you record and create.
The two types of variables used in an experiment are the ____________ variable and the ____________ variable.
What is independent and dependent?
"If I mix bananas and strawberries it will taste like kiwi fruit."
What is a hypothesis?
The variable being measured.
What is the dependent variable.
A ___________ is a step by step description of how the experiment will be conducted.
What is a plan or procedure?
Angela picked up her birthday present, shook it, and listened to the sounds it made.
What is an observation?
Observation
What is information gathered using your senses.
Ms. Humphrey is doing an experiment to see which type of coffee gives her more energy, K-cups or French Pressed Coffee. This is her independent variable.
What is the type of coffee?
I repeated my test three times with the same length of string.
What is trials?
Independent Variable
What is the thing that is changed to affect the result?
A prediction about how the scientific question will be answered is the _____________.
What is hypothesis?
My hypothesis was proven because the plants in the sunlight sprouted before the plants in the closet.
What is a conclusion?