Scientific Method
A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
A) scientific method
B) experiment
C) hypothesis
D) observation
A) scientific method
When a scientist shares her findings with other scientists, she is
A) analyzing data
B) making a hypothesis
C) experimenting
D) communicating results
D) communicating results
What is the 1st step to the scientific method?
What is Ask a Question
What is an educated statement that could be tested called?
Hypothesis
Which steps comes first in the scientific method? Hypothesis or Observations
What is Observations
What is the force that opposes motion?
Friction
What is the Scientific Method
It is a way to solve problems
The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an
A) observation
B) scientific method
C) inquiry
D) conclusion
A) observation
Are Scientists the only individuals who use the scientific method?
No everyone uses it.
A disk slides with a constant speed. Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
Balanced
Searching through books, magazines, and the internet for information.
What are the three types of variables?
Independent, Dependent, and Control
Scientist honored by the unit of force?
Newton
Which question would be the best high level scientific question?
A) Who made the first microscope?
B) Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
C) How many giraffes live in Africa?
D) How long ago did dinosaurs live on the Earth?
B) Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
Before you can form a hypothesis, you need to
a. state the problem or question
b. perform an experiment
c. state a conclusion
a. state the problem or question
When a scientist shares his or her findings with other scientists, the scientist is
A. | communicating. |
B. | experimenting. |
C. | hypothesizing. |
D. | theorizing. |
A.
communicating.
Provide two examples of contact and non contact forces ?
. |
Friction
Buoyancy
Magnetism
Gravity
What are the parts of a lever ?
Load, Pivot/Fulcrum, effort
Which of the following steps to solve a problem is completed last?
A. | analyzing data |
B. | recognizing and identifying the problem |
C. | drawing conclusions |
D. | testing a hypothesis |
C.
drawing conclusions
Force that acts upwards in water
Upthrust/ Buoyancy
What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.
A) making a hypothesis
B) interpreting data
C) making observations
D) drawing conclusions
C) making observations
A see-saw is a ?
Class 1 lever
Identify the step of the scientific method completed in the description below.
Stephen predicted that seeds would start to grow faster if an electric current traveled through the soil in which they were planted.
Identify the step of the scientific method completed in the description below.
Jonathan's data showed that household cockroaches moved away from raw cucumber slices.
The ability of an object to continue what it's doing until an external unbalanced force is acted upon. What is this ?
Inertia