All about the Scientific Method
True/False You can report an untrue hypothesis in a conclusion?
What is False?
True/False: Science is all facts, no opinions.
What is TRUE?
What is understandable?
What is something that stays the same in all groups during an experiment?
What is a constant?
List three needed constants in this experiment:
Measuring the affect flavored water has on growth of an orange tree.
What is: type of orange tree, type of soil, sunlight, amount of water, placement, environment, etc?
How many steps are there in the scientific method?
What is 6?
When do facts become UNTRUE?
What is when more data is obtained?
True or False: Data can either be facts or opinions.
What is FALSE?
What is it called when a scientist reviews the work of another scientist? What are they creating? (hint: YOU have done this before!)
What is Journal review (or peer-reviewed work)?
Determine the IV:
If I add vitamins to my pea plants, then the pea plants will grow taller.
True or False: A research plan includes the entire Scientific Method?
What is FALSE?
Does not include the results and data obtained.
What are the two ways to obtain data?
What is observation and experimentation?
Fill in the Blank: Science is a blend of _________ & _________.
What is logic and reasoning?
True or False: We make inferences in order to make observations.
What is FALSE?
Determine the DV:
If I work out every single day for 6 months, then I will loose 10 pounds.
What is amount of weight loss?
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
What is Ask a Question or State the Problem?
What type of data is being collected when looking at people's hair color?
What is quantitative data?
What does science come from? (two answers)
What is a problem or idea?
________ is a well-accepted body of knowledge that has come from the work of many scientist.
What is Scientific Theory?
Determine the control from this hypothesis:
If students go to school for 12 years, then they will get a job faster than if they go to school for 11 years.
What is a student going to school for 11 years?
What MUST happen before you can write a hypothesis?
What is background research?
List all of the ways you can make an observation. (6 answers)
What is taste, sight, sound, smell, feel, and measure?
List three things that science does for us. (hint: we learned 5)
What is explains phenomenons, solves problems, saves lives, based on facts, forever evolving?
Match the following terms to their definition:
Scientific law & Scientific Theory
A: Describes something happening
B: Explains why something happens
What is Scientific Law describes and Scientific Theory explains.
Write a hypothesis for this experiment:
Testing colored light (blue, green, red, & natural) and plant growth.
What is If a plant is exposed to green light, then it will grow faster than any other light?