Unit 0 - Scientific Method

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

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

The process of gathering information through the senses is called:

• analyzing

• concluding

• hypothesizing

• observing

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

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• data

• control group

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

What is the dependent variable?

• the factor I change in an experiment

• an educated guess

• to ask a question

• the factor that is being measured

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. 
What's the dependent variable?

• increase the amount of iron in your blood
• spinach you eat

The plant has grown 4 cm since yesterday.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

There is a bad odor coming from the test tube.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

A factor that stays the same in an experiment is called a(n):

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constant

• control group