Scientific Method Randoms
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is a testable question?
The 5th step of the scientific method
What is Analyzing your data?
Things in your experiment that you can change or measure.
What are variables?
A way to explore the natural world.
What is the scientific method?
This is the format for creating a hypothesis.
What is If ... then?
The 3rd step of the scientific method
What is Creating an Hypothesis?
The variable that never changes.
What is a constant variable?
An educated guess based off of your background research.
What is an hypothesis?
A place to record your experimental data.
What is a data table?
The 4th step of the scientific method
What is Experiment?
The variable that is changed by the scientist.
What is an independent variable?
Wikipedia is not one of them, however textbooks and your teacher are.
What are reliable resources?
This sums up your entire investigation.
What is a scientific conclusion?
The 6th step of the scientific method
What is a Conclusion?
The outcome a scientist measures
What is a dependent variable?
"How does wing shape affect the distance a plane goes?" In this example the distance the plane goes is...?
What is a dependent variable?
Something I should do to be able to make a hypothesis
What is background research?
Mistakes made by humans during an experiment.
What is human error?
This should be done to improve the reliability of your experiment
What is repetition or multiple trials?
Another term for the independent variable
How does temperature affect the growth of mold? In this investigation temperature is which variable?
What is the independent variable?
Materials and your procedures.
What is an experimental design?