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Scientific Method
Data
What is....
100
What is the procedure called that scientists follow?
What is the scientific method
100
Name the two types of data
Qualitative Data and Quantitative Data
100
What is a prediction ?
An educated guess or hypothesis
200
A scientist uses what two things when conducting an experiment?
What is observations and measurements
200
Give an example of quantitative data
Anything that involves numbers
200
What is something that changes during an experiment called?
A variable
300
Why do scientists conduct their experiments over and over again?
To see if they get the same results
300
Give an example of qualitative data
Anything that involves a description
300
What is something that stays the same in an experiment called?
A control
400
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Stating the Problem
400
What is a model?
A representation of something
400
What is the difference between experimental research and descriptive research design?
Experimental = experiment Descriptive = Observations
500
Name 2 safety rules
Answers will vary
500
Name at least 4 tools we use to help us gather data
Ruler, Stop watch, observations, triple beam balance, microscope etc.
500
What is the difference between an independent variable and a dependent variable?
Independent variable changes. Dependent variable is the results based on the change