Scientific Method
This is formed in the scientific method after researching a problem but before experimenting.
What is a hypothesis?
This is the independent variable for the question: Which soil is best for growing plants the tallest?
What is types of soil?
This is the dependent variable for the question: Under which color of light will bean plants grow the tallest?
What is height of the bean plants?
This is the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions.
What is science?
This is the word that corresponds to physical features and properties in a description.
What is qualitative?
These are used to observe in the scientific method.
What are the 5 senses?
This is the independent variable for the question: Does caffeine help you to type faster?
What is amount of caffeine?
This is the dependent variable for the question:
Which design of paper airplane will glide the farthest?
What is distance the plane flies?
This is the logical approach of to solving a problem.
What is the scientific method?
Tell me a reason why a theory would be disproven?
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This is why we do multiple trials of experiments.
What is to get repeated results to support our hypothesis.
This is the axis the independent variable is placed on when graphing.
What is the x-axis?
This is the axis that the dependent variable is placed on.
What is the y-axis?
This is a tentative explanation.
What is a hypothesis?
This is the word that corresponds to when you are describing something in terms of amount or numbers.
What is quantitative?
What step of the scientific method is where you analyze data and decide if you answered the original question or problem?
What is the conclusion?
This is the independent variable for the question: Does the air pressure of a ball affect how far it is kicked?
What is air pressure?
This is the dependent variable for the question:
Does the amount of traffic affect the amount of sleep a kid gets?
What is amount of sleep?
This tells how things work. It summarizes many experimental results and observations.
What is a scientific law?
This is a variable that is kept constant.
What is a controlled variable?
This is the first step to the scientific method.
What is questioning?
Volumes of gas are collected over a 5 minute period during a reaction. What is the independent variable?
What is time?
What is the dependent variable for the following question: In which type of liquid will a golf ball sink the fastest?
What is time it takes to sink?
This is an explanation for some phenomenon. It tells the "why"
What is a scientific theory?
This is the science that studies matter and energy.
What is physical science?