Scientific Method
This is the process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions
What is Scientific Method
What can be described as the factor that I change in the experiment?
What is Independent variable
Information that describes the qualities/characteristics of observations & data is what type of data?
What is qualitative
What kind of data is this?
Most of my textbooks have over 240 pages.
What is quantitative observation
What is another word for an educated guess?
What is inference
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
What are the three types of variables
What is independent, dependent, controls
What is it called when you use your 5 senses to gather information?
What is observation
What is a hypothesis
What is educated guess
What step of the scientific method is this?
Does adding minerals to an animal’s food affect their growth?
What is ask a question or purpose
What part of the scientific method is this:
Distance Ran by girls: 5 feet, 2 miles, 6 feet, 4 miles, 7 feet, 5 miles
Distance Ran by boys: 2.5 miles, 9 feet, 7 miles, 8 feet, 3 miles, 10 feet
What is collect data
Would this be considered a testable question (true or false):
How does the amount of sunlight affect the height of a plant?
What is true
A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis , or demonstrate a known fact is a/an?
What is an experiment
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
What are all the things in an experiment that must be held the same called?
What are controlled variables or constants
What part of the scientific method is this conducted? Step One: Add sugar to water Step Two: Taste Water Step Three: Record information
What is experiment or procedure
What are the two types of observations and data? (Hint: number data and characteristics)
What is quantitative and qualitative
What is the dependent variable in the question?
If I raise the temperature, then mold will grow faster.
The amount of time it takes to grow mold.
What part of the scientific method summarizes the purpose of the experiment, the hypothesis, the evidence to accept or reject the hypothesis, and applies the information to the real-world.
What is conclusion
What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales make and writes it down?
What is making observations
What part of the scientific method is this? If I add salt to the pancakes, then they will taste better.
What is hypothesis
When designing an experiment these set of steps are called?
1.Locate 2 puppies from the same litter that are similar in size
2.Feed one animal food with minerals for 1 month.
3.Feed the other animal food without minerals for 1 month.
4.Calculate the average growth of each puppy.
What is procedure
In which step of the scientific Method do we want to use graphs?
What is analyzing data
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
Three words that must be included in a hypothesis.
What is If and Then and Because