Vocabulary
Variables
Steps to the Method
Scenarios
Data
100
The process of obtaining information by using the senses?
What is observation?
100
The variable that is measured in an experiment or test.
What is the dependent variable?
100
What is the final step in the scientific method?
What are results?
100

Is acid rain causing a decline of frog populations?

What is the dependent Variable?

Frog Population.

100

What are the two types of data?

Quantitative & Qualitative

200
A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation.
What is hypothesis?
200
The variable that is changed in an experiment?
What is independent variable?
200
This step in the scientific method you will explain whether or not your hypothesis is supported or not supported.
What is conclusion?
200

Does tomato juice make hair grow faster?

What is the independent variable?

Tomato Juice

200

Which type of data deals with numbers?

Quantitative.

300
Information gathered by observation or experimentation that can be used in calculating or reasoning.
What are data?
300
What are controls in an experiment?
What are all of the things in an experiment that have to remain the same?
300
This step in the scientific method requires you to repeat 10 trials to ensure validity.
What is experiment/test?
300

Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower. 

What is the dependent Variable?

Appearance/ Amount of green slime.

300

Which type of data deals with observations using your five senses?

Qualitative.

400

Making an inference about a future event based on current evidence or past experience.

Prediction

400
Name the variables are listed in a hypothesis?
What are independent and dependent variables?
400

The step in the scientific method that requires you to explain the difference in variables.

What is the hypothesis?

400

A new drug for the treatment of asthma is tested on 100 people. The people are evenly divided into two groups. One group is given the drug and the other group is given a glucose pill. The group that is given the glucose pill serves as .

The Control Group

400

On which axis is the dependent variable plotted on a graph?

Y-axis

500

a logical explanation, or an interpretation  based on observations

Inference

500
Does the amount of sunlight a seedling receives affect how much it grows? What is the independent variable?
What is the amount of sunlight?
500
This step in the scientific method requires you to graph your data.
What is analyze data?
500

Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower.

What is the Independent Variable?

Coconut Juice

500

Does the amount of sunlight affect plant growth?

On which axis would the amount if sunlight be plotted?

X-Axis ( Independent Variable)

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