The Problem of a scientific investigation is written as this kind of sentence.
What is a question?
100
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" is an example of one.
What is a law?
100
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What is qualitative data?
100
If I listen to different music at different tempos, then my pulse rate will be affected.
The different music at different tempos is this kind of variable.
What is an independent variable?
100
This is all the observations, measurements, evidence and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate scientific explanations.
What is empirical evidence?
200
Scientists do this with their trials so that their results are more reliable.
What is repeat them?
200
"If the plant is transplanted to a sunnier spot,
it will do much better" is an example of one.
What is a hypothesis?
200
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What is quantitative data?
200
Stevie performed an experiment to see if magnets had an effect on how a plant would grow. He planted five seeds and placed different amounts of magnets around four of them. One was left without a magnet. He then tracked their growth for a month.
This is the dependent variable.
What is the growth of the plants?
200
This is a representation of something in the real world.
What is a model?
300
This part of a scientific investigation is an educated guess.
Bonus: It is written as this kind of statement.
What is the hypothesis?
What is "If...then...because..."
300
"The lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates" is an example of one.
What is a theory?
300
Mold grew on the bread.
What is qualitative data?
300
Sally wanted to test if wind affects evaporation rate. She filled four beakers with the same amount of water. She took three fans and placed them in front of three of the beakers at different speeds. One was left without a fan. She allowed the beakers to sit for three days and then measured the amount of water left.
This is the control variable.
What is the beaker without a fan?
300
Anything that can change in a scientific investigation is known as this.
What is a variable?
400
This step of the scientific method includes the numbered instructions for a scientific investigation.
What is the procedure?
400
"Earth’s average temperature is rising due to
greenhouse gases" is an example of one.
What is a theory?
400
There were 17 bacteria cultures in the petri dish.
What is quantitative data?
400
These variables are all the other factors that are kept the same so the results of an experiment are valid.
What are the constants?
400
This is an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
What is an experiment?
500
This is the order of the parts of an experiment written in scientific method.
What are problem, (research), hypothesis, materials, procedure, results, conclusion?
500
"The angle of the slope of a ramp will affect the speed a ball travels down it" is an example of one.
What is a hypothesis?
500
The reaction took 27.5 seconds to complete and produced a strong odor.
What are qualitative and quantitative data?
500
This is an example of an experiment with the independent variable (I), the dependent variable (D), and the control variable (C) are labeled.
What is ?
500
The knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principals that can be verified or tested is known as this.