This step seeks to figure out what you want to know or explain?
What is Ask A Question?
100
What is being measured?
What is the dependent variable?
100
In a Cause and Effect relationship between two or more experimental variables, this is the Cause
What is Independent Variable?
100
This is the process of obtaining information by using your senses.
What is observation?
100
An educated guess.
What is hypothesis?
200
Publishing results for the purpose of sharing information with peers
What is COmmunication?
200
What is being changed?
What is the independent variable?
200
A scientist conducts an experiment to test the theory that a vitamin could extend a person's life expectancy.
What is the independent variable?
What is amount or type of vitamin given?
200
In an experiment, this is the variable that is changed
What is independent variable
200
The group that stays the same within an experiment
What is a control group?
300
Involves tables, data points, plotting, concept mapping, equations, graphs
What is Analysis?
300
This variable does NOT change and remains constant
What is Control Variable?
300
A scientist conducts an experiment to test the theory that vitamins could extend a person's life expectancy.
The dependent variable is
What is life expectancy?
300
in an experiment, the factor that is measured due to a change is the
What is dependent variable
300
Could be thought of as the “cause” in a cause and effect relationship
What is independent variable?
400
This step is also an educated guess
What is hypothesis?
400
Any factor that can change is defined as?
What is a variable?
400
A scientist studies the impact of withholding affection on rats.
What is the Independent Variable? The dependent Variable?
What is affection? IV
What is reaction? DV
400
The final part which summarizes inferences and analyzed data is called this
What is conclusion?
400
One characteristic of a question that can be answered by designing and conducting an experiment.
What is a testable question?
500
Name the steps of the scientific method
What is Question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, analysis, conclusion, communication
500
The three types of variables are?
What is controlled, independent and dependent variables?
500
A scientist wants to see if the brightness of light has any effect on a moth being attracted to the light. How bright the light is controlled by the scientist is the what?
What is the independent variable?
500
An experiment must have this type of variable that must be kept the same to make it fair
What is Controlled variable?
500
There will be a statistically significant difference in graduation rates of at-risk high-school seniors who participate in an intensive study program as opposed to at-risk high-school seniors who do not participate in the intensive study program."
What is the IV AND DV?
IV: Participation in intensive study program. DV: Graduation rates.