Unit 1, scientific method

Biology is the study of

• the environment
• experiments
• living things and their environment
• living things

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Collecting evidence and arriving at conclusions based on data to solve a problem is the 

• scientific method
• independent variable
• controlled experiment
• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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Data that includes numbers 

• hypothesis
• dependent variable
• quantitative observation
• qualitative observation

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Observations that account for the physical features of an experiment.

• hypothesis
• dependent variable
• quantitative observation
• qualitative observation

A testable statement as to what is expected to occur in an experiment

• dependent variable
• hypothesis
• independent variable 
• conclusion

a method of testing a question by investigating one variable at a time.

• scientific method
• independent variable
• controlled experiment
• qualitative observation

The variable in a controlled experiment that is determined by the scientist and determined before the data is collected

• dependent variable
• independent variable

The variable in a controlled experiment that is determined by the results of the experiment.

• dependent variable
• independent variable