Biology Scientific Method

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What is an educated guess about the possible answer to a scientific question?

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Hypothesis

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How many manipulated variables should an experiment have?

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1

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What variable in an experiment is deliberately changed by the scientist?

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Independent variable

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What is a possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested?

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Hypothesis

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What term describes the act of telling what will happen in the future?

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Predict

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What is the variable called that is measured in an experiment?

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Dependent variable

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What is the purpose of a control group in an experiment?

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To provide a standard for comparison.

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What is the first step of the scientific method?

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Observation

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What do scientists do after forming a hypothesis?

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Conduct experiments to test the hypothesis.

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What is the term for data that is collected during an experiment?

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Experimental data