Scientific Method

How does changing my breakfast from cereal to eggs affect how many snacks I have in the morning?

• Testable Question
• Not a testable question

How does changing to Tide laundry detergent affect the number of stains left on my clothes?

• Testable Question
• Not a Testable Question

Tide will clean better than other laundry detergents because more people use it.

• Hypothesis

• Not a hypothesis

If changing the size of bike tire will affect the bike's speed, then large wheels will go faster because they cover more ground.

• Testable Question

• Hypothesis

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• yes
• no

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?

• quantitative
• qualitative

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions/photographs/illustrations that cannot be counted or measured?

• qualitative
• quantitative

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system