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What is the first step in the scientific method?

What is Ask a Question.

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What are the two types of data that will be collected?

What is Qualitative Measurement and Quantitative Measurement.

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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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Which tool is used to measure temperature?

What is a Thermometer?

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Which step of the scientific method is missing: Question, Formulate a Hypothesis, ______________ Collect and Analyze Data, Share the Results

What is Plan an investigation and gather materials or Experiment.

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What step of the scientific method do you test your hypothesis?

What is Experiment (Plan an Investigation and Gather Materials).

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This type of observation is measurable with numbers.

What is Quantitative Measurement.

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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 "If" and "Then"
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What instrument measures mass and what unit do we use to measure?

What is an electronic scale or triple beam balance and grams.

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In which step of the scientific method do you use your information to draw conclusions about your experiment?

What is Collect and Analyze Data. 

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

What is Collect and Analyze Data.

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This type of observation is describable.
What is Qualitative Measurement.
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Which word(s) explain what a hypothesis is? 

What is Prediction/Educated Guess

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Which tool helps measure the volume of a liquid accurately?

What is a Graduated Cylinder?

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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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Blue, rough, metal are all examples of what type of observation?
What is Qualitative Measurement.
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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...If you increase the number of cigarettes you smoke, then you will increase your chance of getting lung cancer.
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What units do we use to measure length or width of something (with a ruler or meter stick)?

What is Centimeters or Millimeters?

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Observations are data including the 5 senses, what are they? 

What is

Sight, Taste, Touch, Hearing, and Smelling

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List all five steps of the scientific method.

What is Question, Hypothesis, Plan an Investigation and Gather Materials (Experiment), Collect and Analyze Data, Share Results.

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4 feet long with 24 buttons are both examples of what type of observation?
What is Quantitative Measurement.
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If you drink more milk will you get stronger bones? State a good hypothesis for this question.

What is...If you increase the amount of milk you drink, then you will increase the strength of your bones.

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Name 3 safety tools commonly found in a science lab.

What is 

  • Goggles, fire extinguisher, fire blanket, apron, lab coat, gloves, eyewash station, hair ties to keep hair tied back, sink to wash hands before and after lab.

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What are the two variables used in an experiment?

What is 

Independent Variable (what you change)

Dependent Variable (what you measure)