6th 1.5 Doing Experiments

Sometimes it isn’t possible or desirable to design a ____________ to investigate a question 

• controlled experiment 
• scientific inquiry
• controlling variables 
• hypothesis

What requires examining data objectively to see if they support the hypothesis? Hide answers    

• logical reasoning
• drawing conclusions
• communicating
• interpreting data

 What involves methods where the researchers try to observe an event without interfering? 

• opinion based research
• scientific inquiry 
• observational research

What is a possible answer to a scientific question?  

• Data 
• Reaching a conclusion 
• Scientific Inquiry
• Hypothesis

What are the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations? 

•  Data
• Research 
• Varaibles
• Conclusion

 An experiment must produce the kind of data that will answer the question, and be ________. 

• opinion based research 
• measurable
• observational research
• correct 

What does a scientific inquiry often starts with?   

• interpreting data
• a question about an investigation 
• hypothesis
• controlled experiment

 What is an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time is called a  

• controlled experiment
• varied experiment
• good experiment
•  bad experiment

The one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis is called ?  

• dependent variable 
• independent variable
• controlled variable

An experiment must follow sound scientific principles for its results to be _____.  

• scientifically accepted
• invalid
• valid