Scientific Method

When making a prediction you are forming a ___________________.

• observation
• guess
• inference
• conclusion

The question being tested or what you are trying to discover in an experiment is called________________.

• Hypothesis
• Problem
• Procedure
• Conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The correct order of the scientific method is ___________

• Hypothesis, procedure, materials, problem, conclusion, data/results
• Problem, materials, hypothesis, procedure, data/results, conclusion
• Problem, hypothesis, materials, data/results, procedure, conclusion
• Problem, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data/results, conclusion

A list of supplies and equipment needed for the experiment is called ________________.

• Grocery list
• Ingredients
• Supplies
• Materials

The final summary of the data and results reached by experimenting is called _________________.

• Data/Results
• Conclusion
• Materials
• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A testable statement about what is going to happen in an experiment is called a ____________

• Hypothesis
• Inference
• Observation
• Scientific Law

A detailed step-by-step description of the experiment is called a _______________.

•  Scientific Theory
• Inference
• Data/Results
• Procedure

Detailed observations about what happened in the experiment is called _______________

• Qualitative Observatons
• Data/Results
• Quantitative Observations
• Conclusion 

An example of a quantitative observation: ________________

• the sky is blue
• it is cloudy today
• there are four clouds in the sky
• it will rain today

An example of a qualitative observation: ______________

• There are ten ducks on the pond.
• There are four frogs swimming in the pond.
• There are five dragonflies.
• The pond water is cold.