Scientific
Method
Method
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is making an observation or asking a question?
What is the term for a factor that can change in an experiment?
What is a variable?
True or False: Gravity is a force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
True
What is the term for a possible explanation for a scientific question that can be tested?
What is a hypothesis?
What is the variable in an experiment that is intentionally changed or manipulated by the scientist?
What is the independent variable?
What is a force?
A push or pull on an object.
What is the process of testing a hypothesis by conducting an experiment?
What is experimentation?
What is the variable in an experiment that is observed or measured and responds to the changes in the independent variable?
What is the dependent variable?
What force causes objects to slow down or stop when they rub against each other?
Friction.
What is the result or outcome of an experiment that is used to support or reject a hypothesis?
What is data?
What is the term for factors in an experiment that are kept constant so they do not affect the outcome?
What are control variables?
What force is exerted by a magnet that can attract certain materials like iron?
Magnetic force
What is the final step of the scientific method where the results are analyzed and conclusions are drawn?
What is drawing a conclusion?
What is the term for a standard of comparison used in an experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable?
What is a control group?
What force is exerted by a stretched or compressed spring or rubber band?
Elastic force.