The five steps used to explore observations and answer questions
What is the scientific method
100
The observations and results from the experiment
What is analysis
100
The first step of the scientific method
What is the purpose/problem
100
I predict the plant in the sunlight will grow taller.
What is hypothesis
200
Educated guess as to what the answer to the purpose question will be
What is hypothesis
200
The question you are investing
What is the purpose
200
The third step of the scientific method
What is the experiment
200
The plant under the lamp is 3 inches tall. The plant in the sunlight is 6 inches tall.
What is the analysis
300
The materials and steps needed to test the hypothesis
What is experiment
300
The type of variable that is changed by the scientist
What is the independent variable
300
The final step of the scientific method
What is the conclusion
300
Which plant will grow taller: the one in sunlight or the one under a lamp?
What is purpose/problem
400
Your explanations or interpretations for what you are observing
What is inference
400
You use one or more of your five senses to know or determine something
What is observation
400
The fourth step of the scientific method
What is the analysis
400
1. Plant two identifical seeds, one in each cup
2. Place one plant in sunlight
3. Place one plant under a lamp
4. Observe for one month
5. Measure with a ruler
What is experiment
500
I was correct because the plant in the sunlight grew taller than the plant under the lamp.