The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

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Multiple Choice

If you were testing how well different dish soaps cleaned grease, the independent (experimental) variable would be the:

• dishes

• water

• dish soaps

• types of grease

Multiple Choice

Which of the following questions would be an appropriate scientific question that could be tested by experimentation?

• Which type of bread goes moldy the fastest?

• Where do we go when we die?

• Is it morally wrong to transplant pig hearts into humans?

• Are llamas less valuable than camels?

Multiple Choice

While performing an experiment, it is important to:

• change the control setup

• test many different variables at the same time

• reach a conclusion

• record observations and measurements

Multiple Choice

In order for the conclusion of a scientific experiment to be convincing, the researcher must report adequate evidence supporting or refuting the hypothesis. Scientific evidence should include the:

• results from an experiment with just one trial

• results from only the trials that produced the expected results (the other “bad” data should be thrown out)

• results from multiple trials of one experiment, including unexpected results

Multiple Choice

The _____ variable is the variable you are observing and it changes in response to the _____ variable.

• independent, dependent

• dependent, independent

• dependent, control

• independent, control