After studying her background information, Miss Earl thought that gravity probably does effect human height. What step of the Scientific method did she use?
What is creating a hypothesis?
100
The ______ variable is the one that is changed by the scientist. To ensure a fair test, an experiment only has one of these.
What is independent?
100
This is a possible answer to a problem and must be thoroughly tested.
What is a hypothesis?
100
Independent Variable
What is the variable you intentionally change?
100
These data are obtained by making measurements or counting.
What are quantitative data?
200
Miss Earl and her class learned that gravity is a force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth. If gravity pulls everything down, then how does gravity effect human growth?
What is a problem statement or question?
200
The scientist focuses his or her observations on the _______ variable to see how it responds to the change made to the independent variable. The new value of the _________ variable is caused by and depends on the value of the independent variable.
What is a dependent variable?
200
What is the first step of the scientific method?
What is a problem statement or asking a question?
200
Controlled Variable
What is the variable the is kept the same?
200
These data are descriptions that involve characteristics
What is qualitative data?
300
Miss Earl wrote down the steps of her experiment, this is called the _______.
What is a procedure?
300
Experiments also have _________ variables. ________ variables are quantities that a scientist wants to remain constant, and he must observe them as carefully as the dependent variables.
What are controlled variables?
300
The part of the experiment that stays the same to use for a comparison.
What is the control?
300
The variable you observe changes in
What is the dependent variable?
300
Hypothesis: Increasing the temperature of water will increase the coral reef growth. Growth of coral reef is which variable?
Dependent
400
Miss Earl called a space museum to see if she could find out about astronauts and their low gravity environment. She also went to the library to read about gravity. Miss Earl is doing ______ to find out more about her topic.
What is research?
400
A student has a wagon of a certain mass. He plans to investigate how the acceleration of the wagon changes as the force he exerts on it increases. In his investigation, the independent variable is-?
What is the force acting on the wagon?
400
Once and experiment is complete, the next step in the scientific method
What is record and analyze data?
400
A student hypothesized that the amount of sunlight a sunflower plant receives determines the number of sunflower seeds the plant produces. In her experiment, the number of seeds produced is the _______
What is the dependent variable?
400
Hypothesis: I believe that increasing the hours sleeping each night will decrease the chances of getting a cold. What is the independent variable in this statement?
What is the hours of sleep
500
Miss Earl records all the data she has collected during her experiment so that she can ________ the data.
What is analyze?
500
A student wants to conduct an experiment to find out how pulse rates change as the length of time spent exercising increases. The dependent variable will be this.
What is pulse rate?
500
The last step in the scientific method where you share your findings
What is the conclusion?
500
An experiment for a new asthma medication was set up into two groups. Group one was given the new drug for asthma, while group two was given a sugar pill. The sugar pill serves as a _______
What is a control?
500
Name the steps of the Scientific Method IN ORDER!
Observation/Asking a question
Make a hypothesis
Design a controlled experiment
Record and analyze the results
Make a conclusion