Scientific Method
What is the first and third step of the Scientific Method?
1. Purpose
3. Hypothesis
What is the variable that you change on purpose?
Independent Variable
Using your five senses is an...(observation or inference?)
Observation
What is the process of collecting information about your topic?
Research
What is the name of the variable that depends on the independent variable?
What is the name of all the factors that stay the same?
Dependent variable, Constant
Observation
In what step do you summarize the results of your experiment and see if it matches the hypothesis?
Conclusion
A student wanted to know if dogs prefer water that has been cooled in the fridge or water that is room temperature. The type of dog is an example of a...
Constant
Mr. J is sad because he is not eating his ice cream. (Observation or Inference)
Inference
In the __________, we create a question that we are trying to answer. What do we want to learn?
In the __________, we record what happened during the experiment.
Purpose, Analysis
Independent Variable
Explain your answer
Quantitative, it deals with Numbers
Name the steps of the scientific process from the first to the last step
Purpose, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
If a scientist conducts an experiment to test the theory that different amounts of vitamin could extend a person’s life-expectancy what is the dependent and independent variable?
Ind: The independent variable is the amount of vitamin that is given to the subjects
Dep: The dependent variable, or the variable being affected by the independent variable, is life span
Give an example of qualitative and quantitative data?
Qual: deals with senses/observations
Quan: deals with numbers