Definitions
This factor stays the same throughout the whole experiment
What is a control?
The _______ are what is tested in an experiment.
What is variables?
"The farther a ball drops, the higher it will bounce." What is the independent variable?
the distance the ball drops
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is observation?
Using any of one's five senses to study something in the natural world.
What is observing?
This is the variable that is measured in an experiment
What is a dependent variable?
In an experiment, what a scientist measures to see the effect is called the ___________.
What is dependent variable?
"The type of shoe affects how fast someone can run." What is the dependent variable?
the speed they run
This step in the scientific method is necessary to be sure the experiment wasn't flawed.
What is retest?
These may be necessary to help improve a scientists senses.
What are tools? (microscope, telescope, x-ray)
This is the variable that the scientist changes in an experiment
What is an independent variable?
In an experiment, what the scientist changes is called the _____________.
What is independent variable?
"The greater the amount of soap in a soap, water mixture, the bigger the soap bubble can be blown." What is the independent variable.
the amount of soap in the mixture
This is the step in which results of experiments are studied and compared.
What is analyze data?
Charts and graphs are often studied in this step of the scientific method.
What is analyzing data?
This is a scientific procedure used to test a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
________ are kept the same (constant) throughout an experiment.
What is controls?
In the bread experiment, this is the dependent variable.
What is the amount of mold that grows?
In this step, an educated guess is formed based on observations.
What is form a hypothesis?
Another name for "independent variable," this is what the scientist changes in an experiment.
What is test variable?
The factors in an experiment that are being tested.
What are variables?
In science, a _______ is stronger than a guess or hunch.
What is a theory?
In the bread experiment, this is the independent variable.
What is the cleanliness of hands?
This should only be done after studying and comparing data.
What is draw a conclusion?
What you are doing when you're making a well-thought out guess about why something happens.
What is forming a hypothesis?