This is the variable in an experiment that changes.
What is the DV?
100
As a scientist Jeff starts every good experiment by doing this.
What is careful observations?
100
This is the step that is after a scientist makes good observations.
What is develops a hypothesis?
100
This is what it would be if Caitlyn told us that more turtles were bought from petland then birds.
What is a fact NOT an opinion?
100
If Lina says that her dog has brown fur, this is a _________________.
What is an observation?
200
This is the variable in an experiment that is measured / observed.
What is the IV?
200
This is the meaning of the word "bios" and what field of study it is found in ....and....a profession that is in that field.
What is life, found in Biology, and a Doctor is a profession in this field?
200
This is the last step in the Scientific method.
What is sharing the results: this is done through journals, email, websites etc...?
200
This is the type of experiment that would be used if we were walking along a path and found a dead dinasour and wanted to know how he had gotten there.
What is a controlled experiment?
200
Caroline is timing her ride on her bike to school every day and writing it down in her journal, she notices that on the days that she eats breakfast that her ride to school is faster, this is what she is gathering....
What is data?
300
This is something that has been tested and observed many times in Science and may be accepted as fact until proven wrong.
What is Scientific Theory?
300
This is the information that you gather during an experiment.
What is data?
300
This is the part of the scientific method where the scientist does the actual testing.
What is experiment?
300
This is the group in a controlled experiment that is used to study how the change in the independent variable changes the dependent variable.
What is what is the experimental group? (Controlled experiments already have an end result that the scientist is experimenting to get to. There is both an experimental group and a control group)
300
Gravity exists...you can not turn it off...this is an example of a ________________.
What is a Scientific Law?
400
This is a testable possible explanation of an observation.
What is a hypothesis?
400
This is the part of the scientific method where it can be tested.
What is the hypothesis?
400
This is the part of the Scientific method where the scientist is using the measurements to figure out if they are correct or not.
What is analyzing the data?
400
This is what you would use to study .."If Jacob plays video games then he is more likely to have good hand eye coordination".
What is Scientific inquiry?
400
Everyday Mrs Forrester changes the settings on the thermostat in her room, and finds that some students can not focus when the temperature is set too cold, she makes a note of how many students are affected each day with this temp change. This is the independent variable in this situation.
What is the change of temperature?
500
This is what it is called when Devon says that roller skating is more fun than swimming.
What is an opinion?
500
This is the IV and DV of an experiment where Will builds a launcher to launch t-shirts at the football games and he wonders if different materials of shirts will launch farther.
What is
IV = different types of shirt material
DV = how far the shirt will launch?
500
This is the complete list of the scientific method.
What is observations, hypothesis, experiment, record data, analyze data, conclusion/repeat, and share?
500
Mallory is testing the effect of a pink light on the growth of her favorite flower. This is the independent variable.
What is the pink light...because through inference (what she already knows) she knows that the sun makes plants grow but wants to know if the plant will grow any differently from a pink light?
500
This is the purpose of the independent variable in a controlled experiment.
What is to compare to the control group, usually there is only 1 of these?