Biology Scientific Method

Different types of  bushes are kept in a greenhouse to see which will produce the most flowers. The independent variable in this experiment is the

• greenhouse
• types of bushes
• oxygen
• carbon dioxide

Which of the following is a hypothesis?

• Grass is green
• If I leave milk out of the refrigerator, then it will grow bacteria
• An atom is made of protons, neutrons and electrons
• I wonder why the sky is blue?

The part of an experiment that stays the same is the

• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control
• data group

To tell what will happen in the future

• classify
• hypothesis
• predict
• compare

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

To notice for a scientific purpose

• Question
• Conclusion
• Observe
• Classify

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The outcome or effect of an experiment

• Hypothesis
• Experiment
• Results
• Question

Facts and information

• Results
• Data
• Conclusion
• Collaborate

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

A test or trial to discover something unknown

• Data
• Question
• Experiment
• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

The factors in an experiment that can be changed. 

• variables
• quantitative data
• hypothesis
• steps

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5