Steps of the Scientific Method 1
First step of the scientific method
What is ask a question?
Type of question that is answered with an experiment
What is scientific question or testable question?
Group that does not get the experimental treatment and is used as a comparison
What is a control group?
data that is counted or measured using numbers
What is quantitative?
study of animals
What is zoology?
Performed in order to test hypothesis
Step in which data is collected
What is experiment?
Variables that stay the same across all groups in the experiment.
What are contant?
What is qualitative?
Study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment.
What is ecology?
Two parts of a hypothesis
What are prediction and reason?
Step in which graphs are created in order to interpret results
What is analyze data and/or draw conclusions?
Variable that is measured
What is the dependent variable?
Collecting data with your senses
What is an observation?
Study of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is climatology?
The last step of the scientific method
What is share results?
Helps the scientist understand the topic more in order to create a better question, hypothesis, and experiment
What is background research?
A scientist is testing how amount of sunlight effects the number of apples a tree produces. Amount of sunlight is an example of this variable.
What is an independent variable?
During this scientific method you make observations.
What is asking questions or experiment?
Study of the biological, cultural, geographical aspects of human history.
What is anthropology?
The purpose of the scientific method
What is to answer questions and solve problems?
What is a procedure?
A scientist is studying how amount of air pollution effects incidence of allergies in children. The number of children with allergies is an example of the type of variable.
What is a dependent variable?
This type of observation is less likely to bias analysis of the results
What is quantitative?
The Via Verde project required scientists from these fields (must name at least three).
Botany, engineering, microbiology, hydrology, biochemistry, sociology.