A ___________ is the result of your experiment and is a statement that answers your scientific question.
A conclusion
100
Olivia thought, "what would happen if I mixed Whoppers with peanut butter?"
What is a scientific question?
100
The one thing that is purposely changed to affect the result.
Independent variable
100
Nine bean plants were grown in varying amounts of light. What conclusion can be drawn from this graph?
What is materials?
200
Data
What is information, facts, tables, charts, and graphs you record and create.
200
The two types of variables used in an experiment are the ____________ variable and the ____________ variable.
independent and dependent
200
"If I mix bananas and strawberries it will taste like kiwi fruit."
What is a hypothesis?
200
The variable being measured.
Dependent variable.
200
Scientist use the steps of scientific question, hypothesis, procedure, data collection and conclusion.
What is the scientific process?
300
Trials
What is the number of times your experiment is repeated.
300
A ___________ is a step by step description of how the experiment will be conducted.
A procedure
300
Angela picked up her birthday present, shook it, and listened to the sounds it made.
What is an observation?
300
The length of the string.
What is the independent variable.
300
A statement that says whether your __________ is proven or disproven is a conclusion.
What is hypothesis?
400
Observation
What is information gathered using your senses.
400
A hiker returning from a backpacking trip in the Oregon Cascades tells you that he has just seen Big Foot (the “Abominable Snowman”). What would you do as a scientist?
A) Suggest that he is lying
B) Accept his report without question
C) Ask for more evidence
D) Argue that Big Foot does not exist
C
400
The number of swings back and forth.
What is the dependent variable.
400
Charts, graphs, tables and facts I record.
What is data?
500
independent variable
What is the thing that is changed to affect the result?
500
A prediction about how the scientific question will be answered is the _____________.
A hypothesis
500
Which phrase describes a hypothesis?
A) Researching information related to a problem
B) Testing a variable in an experiment
C) Suggesting what will happen in an
experiment
D) Performing a controlled experiment
C
500
If I put the plants in the sunlight and plants in the closet, I am changing the amount of light.
What is the independent variable?
500
Your conclusion has to match your ____________ and ______________.