Rowell Biology - The Scientific Method Review

What is science?

• an organized way to figure out what is going to happen on the next season of Riverdale.

• an organized way that proves all natural events in absolute terms.

• an organized way of gathering & analyzing evidence gathered about the natural world.

• an organized way to improve your writing skills.

Name the first step in the scientific method.

• question

• conclusion

• methods

• experiment

The independent variable is all BUT:

• cause

• before

• what happens

• what you do

The dependent variable is all BUT:

• effect

• after

• what happens

• what you do

An observation is a(n):

• opinion

• guess

• description of facts

• collection of data

The animal fertilizer will cause more growth in tomato plants compared to sweet tea fertilizer. What is the null hypothesis to this hypothesis?

• the animal fertilizer will not cause more growth in tomato plants compared to sweet tea fertilizer.

• the sweet tea fertilizer will cause more growth in tomato plants compared to animal fertilizer.

• the animal fertilizer will cause more growth in tomato plants compared to sweet tea fertilizer.

• the sweet tea fertilizer will not cause more growth in tomato plants compared to animal fertilizer.

To cite means:

• to do research

• to show where you found the information

• to point out something

• to start a riot

If you paraphrase, summarize, or directly quote information, you must:

• format the source

• cite the source

• make a works cited entry for the source

• both cite the source and makes a work cited entry for the source

Plagiarism means

• copying someone else's work without giving them credit

• paraphrasing someone's work without giving them credit

• using someone's ideas without giving them credit

• all of the above

Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?

• color

• smell

• texture

• 6.84cm