Scientific Method & Variables
The variable that is changed.
What is an independent variable?
The phrasing "if... then" is used during this step in the scientific method.
What is formulating a hypothesis?
Things in your experiment that you can change or measure.
What are variables?
The independent variable for the following experiment: How does the amount of juice you drink affect the number of cavities in your teeth?
What is the amount of juice?
Our adorable class pet, Cloudy, has this genetic mutation resulting in white fur and red eyes.
What is albinism?
Your hypothesis should have these two works.
What are "IF" and "THEN"
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is Question or Problem?
This is the variable in the experiment the scientist changes.
What is independent variable?
The dependent variable for the following experiment: How does the amount of juice you drink affect the number of cavities in your teeth?
What is the number of cavities?
This creature boasts the record for the largest living mammal on Earth.
What is a blue whale?
The variables that are mentioned in your hypothesis.
What are the independent and dependent variable?
You do this to see if your experiment has been done before.
What is research?
The variable that is measured.
What is a dependent variable?
A constant variable for the following experiment: Does the amount of toothpaste you use decrease the number of cavities in your mouth?
What is how often you brush your teeth?
What is the brand of toothpaste?
The director of many famous movies including Jurassic Park, Jaws, and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
A place to record your data.
What is a graph or table?
This step includes sharing information after the experiment is conducted.
What is the conclusion?
The variable that never changes.
What are constants?
The dependent & independent variables for the following experiment: Are headaches cured faster with liquid-filled pills or with solid pills?
D - What is the time for a headache to be cured?
I - What is the type of pill (liquid-filled or solid)?
The creator of the famous painting A Starry Night.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This is a question that can be answered by gathering evidence.
What is a scientific question?
All scientists create a ___________ before they conduct their experiment, so others can recreate it in the future.
What is a plan or procedure?
Scientists change the __________ variable during their and collect data from the _________ variable.
What is independant & dependant?
The independent, dependent & constant variable for the following experiment: Does adding salt to fresh water affect how fast it freezes?
I - What is the amount of salt?
D - What is the time it takes for the water to freeze?
C - What are the amount of water and the temperature?
This is the world's largest ocean, home to the Mariana Trench.
What is the Pacific Ocean?