Vocabulary
Observations that are descriptive.
What are qualitative observations?
The variable that you choose in the experiment and is the cause.
What is the independent variable?
You walk into the Muppet Lab to find Dr. Bunsen Honeydew doing the following: He is measuring how tall a sunflower plant is after watering it with an acidic solution. He records his measurements and his observations. What step of the scientific method is Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on?
What is data analysis or collecting data?
This variable goes on the X axis.
What is the independent variable?
When scientists have a problem they want to solve or a question they want to answer this is the _________ for using the scientific method.
What is the purpose?
Something that changes in an experiment.
What is a variable?
You walk into the Muppet Lab to find Dr. Bunsen Honeydew doing the following: He is analyzing the results from his experiment on the effect of pH on plant growth. What step of the scientific method is Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on?
What is a conclusion?
This variable goes on the y-axis.
What is the dependent variable?
Predicted or educated guess.
What is an hypothesis?
The variable that is the result of the change or the effect in an experiment.
What is a dependent variable?
You walk into the Muppet Lab to find Dr. Bunsen Honeydew doing the following: He is looking on the computer to find more information about how acidic precipitation can affect plant growth. What step of the scientific method is Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on?
What is conducting research?
An inference.
What is a logical conclusion based on your observations called?
Something that stays the same throughout the experiment.
What is the control/control group?
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is testing his hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
Observations that are measurable or countable.
What are quantitative observations?