Steps of the Scientific Method
What is the first step of the scientific method?
What is asking a question or identifying a problem?
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
What is the variable that is changed or manipulated by the scientist?
What is a hypothesis?
What is an educated guess or a testable prediction?
What is the purpose of a control group in an experiment?
What is to provide a baseline for comparison?
What is data?
What is information or observations collected during an experiment?
Which step involves making a prediction that can be tested?
What is forming a hypothesis?
What is the dependent variable?
What is the variable that is measured or observed?
How should a hypothesis be written?
What is as an "If... then..." statement?
What do scientists call a test run of an experiment before conducting the full one?
What is a pilot test or a trial?
What kind of graph is often used to display the relationship between two variables?
What is a line graph?
What do scientists do after analyzing data?
What is drawing a conclusion?
What is a controlled variable?
What is a variable that is kept the same throughout the experiment
True or False: A hypothesis must always be correct.
What is false?
What do you need to repeat in order to verify your experiment results?
What is the entire experiment (replication)?
When scientists publish their results, why do they include detailed methods and data?
What is so others can replicate the experiment and verify the results?
What step comes right before analyzing data?
What is conducting an experiment?
In an experiment where you're testing the effect of light on plant growth, what would be the independent variable?
What is the amount or type of light?
Which part of an experiment tests the hypothesis?
What is the experiment or the procedure?
Why is it important to have only one independent variable in an experiment?
What is to ensure that any changes in the dependent variable are due to the independent variable alone?
What do scientists call an outcome that happens consistently when an experiment is repeated?
What is reliable data?
If your experiment does not support your hypothesis, what is the next step?
What is revising your hypothesis or conducting further experiments?
In the same plant growth experiment, what is the dependent variable?
What is the plant growth (measured in height or biomass)?
Give an example of a good hypothesis.
What is "If a plant receives more sunlight, then it will grow taller"?
In an experiment testing the effects of fertilizer on plant growth, why would you use multiple plants?
What is to increase the reliability and accuracy of the results (to ensure results aren’t due to random chance)?
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data?
What is that qualitative data involves descriptions, while quantitative data involves numbers or measurements?