Scientific Investigation & Safety

What are the five steps in the Scientific Method?

• question, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion

• conclusion, data, experiment, hypothesis, question

• hypothesis, experiment, data

• the scientific method

Which step of the Scientific Method is this question asking? -- What question do you want to answer?

• Q - queen - question

• H - hannah - hypothesis

• E- entered - experiment

• D - Disney - data

Which step of the Scientific Method is this? It is often written in the form "If (a) then (b)" or "prediction"

• H - Hannah - hypothesis

• Q - queen - question

• C - castle - conclusion

• D - Disney - data

The ___________ is an activity that is used to test if your hypothesis is true or false. What part of the Scientific Method is missing?

• E - entered - experiment

• Q - queen - question

• H - Hannah - hypothesis

• C - castle - conclusion

___________ are the results of the experiment presented in a simplified form such as graph, table, map, chart, and/or diagram.

• D - Disney - data

• C - castle - conclusion

• Q - queen - questions

• D - Disney - diagram

The ________ is a final statement that describes what you learned from the experiment and results.

• C - castle - conclusion

• C - castle - chart

• C - castle - connection

• C - castle - conclude

How many variable can you change in an investigation?

• one

• as many as you want

• two

• none

Anything that you can change in an investigation that might affect the outcome is called a _________________.

• a variable

• a change

• a possibility

• cause and effect

______________ is the variable that is changed in the scientific experiment.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• a variable

• the question

_____________ is the variable that is being tested in a scientific investigation.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• the evidence

• scientific