The only factor that can change in an experiment, observation or model.
What is variable?
What is something scientists study?
Responses vary
What you use to record and display your data when looking for relationships among the variables.
What is a data table or graph?
The vocab word for when you have someone else repeat your experiment?
What is replication?
Scientists must gather information using their five senses. They can't base science off of their opinions
Observation
After making observations, inferences, and collecting information you create this which is a possible explanation of your observations and can be tested. It is written as an If.. Then... statement
What is a hypothesis?
What is an example of a scientific theory?
Cell theory, Big Bang theory, Atomic theory, Theory of plate tectonics
This step sums up and shares the results of an experiment.
What is conclusion?
What is an example of scientific law?
Law of gravity, Law of conservation of mass, Law of conservation of energy, Newton's Laws of motion
If a plant listens to music, then it will grow 3% faster. Is an example of what?
A hypothesis
How are societal laws different from scientific laws?
Societal laws are laws made by people with consequences when broken. Scientific laws describe a natural event
Give an example of a testable question.
Responses will vary
List the steps of the scientific method in order
Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Record and Analyze data, Write conclusion
Why should experiments be replicated and repeated?
To double-check the results of the experiment.