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What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is Question.
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What do you use to make observations? 

5 senses

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What step of the scientific method do you predict a possible answer to a problem or a question?
What is Hypothesis.
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What are the two types of variables stated in a hypothesis?
What is Independent and Dependent.
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Which step of the scientific method is missing: Question/problem, Hypothesis ______________ collect data/make observations, conclusion, Share the Results

What is Experiment.

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What step of the scientific method do you test your hypothesis?
What is Experiment.
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What do you use to measure the mass of an object?

Triple Beam Balance

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Putting my plant in the closet will decrease it's chance of living. What is wrong with this hypothesis?

What is... it is missing "I think" and "because"

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What is the responding variable or factor that may or may not change due to manipulation?
What is Dependent Variable.
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In which step of the scientific method do you use your information to wrap up the findings about your experiment?

conclusion

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What step in the scientific method do you make careful observations and write down what happens?

collect data and make observations

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What do you use to measure the volume of an object?

Graduated Cylinder

300

If you drink more milk will you get stronger bones? State a good hypothesis for this question.

What is...I think if I increase the amount of milk I drink I will become stronger because I will increase the strength of my bones.

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What is the term we use to describe the manipulated variable or factor that the experimenter intentionally changes?
What is Independent Variable.
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The ________________ involves a series of steps that are used to investigate a natural occurrence.

What is Scientific Method.

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In which step of the scientific method do you present your experiment, observations and conclusions to others?
What is Share Results.
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When you write down measurements during an experiment... what are you doing? 

Collecting Data

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I wonder if you smoke more cigarettes, will you have a better chance of getting lung cancer? State a good hypothesis for this question.

What is...I think the more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you will have lung cancer because cigarettes clogs up the airways in the human body.

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In an experiment what are the variables that are not being studied that are held constant so that they do not influence the experimental outcome called?
What is Control.
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List the independent and dependent variables in the following hypothesis. If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase.
What is...Independent-soil temperatures, Dependent-plant growth.
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List all six steps of the scientific method.

What is Question/Problem, Hypothesis, Experiment, collect date/make observations, conclusion, Share Results.

500
What should you do to make your experiment more valid? 

Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

500

Read the following experiment and state a good hypothesis. I am doing a test to see if there is a connection between how long you run and how fast your heart beats. I will be performing an experiment where a person will run for a 1 minute and I will check their heartbeat. Then they will run for 2 minutes and I will check their heart rate. I will do this up to 6 minutes and see if there is a connection. What do you think my hypothesis should be?

I think if I increase the amount of time I run, then my heartbeat will increase because I am breathing in more air faster. 

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Find the independent and dependent variables in the following experiment: If you increase the number of times you practice shooting free-throws, then you will increase your chances of making a basket every time.
What is Independent- practice shooting free throws, Dependent- making baskets.
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Thinking about the hypothesis: If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase. What might a control in this experiment be?
What is... using the same potting soil, making sure both plants have an equal amount of light etc.