Scientific Method Quiz

Scientific method is

• an educated guess

• what you are testing

• a method of problem solving by testing a hypothesis

• each test performed in an experiment

Observation is

• making and recording measurements

• easch test performed

• a collection of facts

• a study of the data

A trial is

• using senses to gather information

• the changes that are measured in an experiment

• using the senses to gather information about something using numbers

• each test performed in an experiment

Qualitative observations

• are things that change in the experiment

• use the senses to gather information about/of something ...without numbers

• what causes changes in the experiment

• a method of problem solving

The question is

• what it is that you want to test or find out

• an organized chart to record and keep data from the experiment

• drawing a conclusion or judgement based on data

• a collection of facts--usually numbers

A variable is

• things that change or can be changed in an experiment

• the study of the data looking for patterns, errors and meaning

• an educated guess that answers your question

• testing an idea or hypothesis through a controlled investigation

An inference is

• a method of problem solving by testing a hypothesis

• what it is that you want to test or find out

• each test performed in an experiment

• drawing a conclusion or judgment based on data

A conclusion is

• an educated guess that answers your question

• a judgment that tells whether the data does or does not support the hypothesis

• an organized chart to record and keep data from the experiment

• using the senses to gather information about/of something...with numbers

Data is

• a collection of facts--usually numbers

• making and recording measurements

• testing an idea or hypothesis

• drawing a conclusion or judgment based on data

The hypothesis is

• a method of problem solving by testing

• an educated guess that answers your question

• making and recording measurements

• each test performed in an experiment