Scientific Method
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is Ask a Testable Question.
What are the two types of graphs?
What is Bar graph and line graph
What step of the scientific method do you predict a possible answer to a problem or a question?
What is Hypothesis.
What are the two types of variables stated in a hypothesis?
What is Independent and Dependent.
Which step of the scientific method is missing: Ask a Testable Question, Form a Hypothesis, ______________ Record and Analyze Data, Draw Conclusions, Communicate findings, Further Inquiry
What is Experiment.
What step of the scientific method do you test your hypothesis?
What is Experiment.
This type of graph compares groups of data.
What is bar graph.
Putting my plant in the closet will decrease it's chance of living. What is wrong with this hypothesis?
What is... it is missing "If", "Then", "Because"
What is the responding variable that is measured?
What is Dependent Variable.
In which step of the scientific method do write down and consider your observations?
What Record and Analyze Data
What step in the scientific method do you make careful observations and write down what happens?
What is Record and Analyze Data.
What should always be written on the top of a graph?
What is the Title
Does drinking milk affect the strength of your bones? State a good hypothesis for this question.
What is...If drinking milk affects the strength of bones, then drinking lots of milk will make your bones very strong because milk has calcium in it which is good for bones.
What is the term we use to describe the manipulated variable or factor that the experimenter intentionally changes?
What is Independent Variable.
The ________________ involves a series of steps that are used to investigate a natural occurrence.
What is Scientific Method.
In which step of the scientific method do you present your experiment, observations and conclusions in the form of a graph to others?
What is Communicate Results.
This letter represents the horizontal independent variable
What is x axis
If I smoke cigarettes, will it affect my chance of getting lung cancer? State a good hypothesis for this question.
What is...If I smoke cigarettes then it will affect my chance of getting lung cancer because cigarettes have nicotine and tobacco in them which is harmful to people.
In an experiment what are the variables that are not being studied that are kept the same, so that they do not influence the experimental outcome called?
What is Constant or Controlled.
List the independent and dependent variables in the following hypothesis. If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase.
What is...Independent-soil temperatures, Dependent-plant growth.
List all seven steps of the scientific method.
What is Ask a Testable Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Record and Analyze Results, Communicate Findings, Further Inquiry
This data is always on the y axis of a line or bar graph
What is dependent changes
Read the following experiment and state a good hypothesis. I am doing a test to see if there is a connection between how long you run and how fast your heart beats. I will be performing an experiment where a person will run for a 1 minute and I will check their heartbeat. Then they will run for 2 minutes and I will check their heart rate. I will do this up to 6 minutes and see if there is a connection. What do you think my hypothesis should be?
What is...If I increase the amount of time I run, then my heartbeat will increase because it takes more work to run for a longer amount of time.
Find the independent and dependent variables in the following experiment: If you increase the number of times you practice shooting free-throws, then you will increase the amount of baskets you score from free-throws.
What is Independent- practice shooting free throws, Dependent- amount of baskets scored
Thinking about the hypothesis: If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase. What might a control in this experiment be?
What is... using the same potting soil, making sure both plants have an equal amount of light etc.