The Scientific Method
Two words that must be included in a hypothesis.
What is If and Then
A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis , or demonstrate a known fact is a/an?
What is experiment
Constants are factors that.
what is remain the same?
Scientists are the only individuals who use the scientific method ...True or False
False
Manipulating this variable leads to a change in the variable to be measured, the dependent variable.
independent variable
What can be described as the factor that I change in the experiment?
What is Independent variable
Identify the independent variable: If I change the amount of water in the tank, then the fish will live longer.
What is the amount of water
If small doses of calcium and magnesium are added to animal food, then the animal’s growth will increase because calcium and magnesium are important minerals for growing.
What is a hypothesis
If your experiments conclusion ____ your hypothesis, your hypothesis is found to be correct.
supported
What is the last step of the scientific method?
Communicating Results
What is the 1st step of the scientific method?
What is ask a question
In an experiment measuring the effect of water temperature on sugar dissolving, the type of sugar used would be this type of variable.
What is a constant variable?
In which step of the scientific Method do we want to use graphs?
What is analyzing data
True or False: This is a hypothesis.
If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
True
A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
What is the scientific method?
What is a hypothesis
What is educated guess
In an experiment testing whether fertilizer makes plants grow taller, this is the group of plants that would not receive fertilizer.
What is the control group?
What step of the scientific method is this? Adding calcium and magnesium to the animal food did increase the animal’s growth. The hypothesis is supported.
What is conclusion
Scientists test a hypothesis by
A. formulating questions.
B. designing models.
C. doing experiments.
D. drawing conclusions.
C. doing experiments.
You might have a burning question, but it's likely that your question has already been answered by someone else. You should do this before you decide to run an experiment.
Do research
What step involves collecting or taking data?
Experimenting
In an experiment testing plant growth, this is what you would measure to see the effect of different amounts of sunlight.
What is the dependent variable?
DOUBLE THE POINTS!!
What are all the things in an experiment that must be held the same called?
What are controlled variables or constants
How many steps are in the scientific method? What are they?
6. Ask a question, do research, form a hypothesis, experiment, analyze, conclude
A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the independent variable is
the amount of salt in the water