Types of scientific investigations

Which type of scientific investigation should we use to study the order of the planets?

• use a model

• experiment

• field study

• a book

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Which type of scientific investigation should we use to study how magnets attract and repel?

• make a model

• controlled experiment

• field study

• google it

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Which type of scientific investigation should we use to compare temperatures of objects in the Sun and shade?

• make a model

• controlled experiment

• field study

• ask someone

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Which type of scientific investigation should we use to show the different stages in a frog’s life cycle.

• make a model

• controlled experiment

• field study

• get a pet frog

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Which type of scientific investigation should we use to study how friction can affect a force?

• make a model

• controlled experiment

• field study

• look it up in a textbook

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Which type of scientific investigation should be used to observe differences between two herbivores?

• make a model

• controlled experiment

• field study

• visit the zoo

Which type of scientific investigation should be used to study how glacier movement affects the landforms?

• make a model

• controlled experiment

• field study

• look up pictures of glaciers

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