Scientific Method, C.E.R., Graphs, Peer Review, Reading Diagrams

C.E.R. stands for...

• Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning

• Claim, Error, and Revising

• nothing

• Chemistry, Earth, and Reading

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

IV stands for

• An item used in a hospital

• Independent Variable

• Interesting View

• Independently Viable

DV stands for

• Division

• Dependently Versatile

• Daily Views

• Dependent Variable

How many independent variables should there be in an experiment?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• none

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The independent variable is the variable that...

• gets measured

• depends on the dependent variable

• the scientist changes

• you should stay away from

The dependent variable is the variable that...

• depends on the independent variable

• is never actually measured

• is what the scientist is directly changing

• you should never have in your experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

It is important to ALWAYS have a control group in an experiment because...

• False; having a control group is a waste of time

• It serves as a baseline to compare the test results to.

• It is the group being tested on

What is an experimental group in an experiment?

• False; having an experimental group is a waste of time

• It serves as a baseline to compare the test results to.

• It is the group being tested on

What are constants in an experiment?

• There are none

• Parts of the experiment that the control and experimental groups differ in.

• Parts of the experiment that the control and experimental groups have in common.

A scientific law...

• is a well tested explanation of something

• is a possible answer to a scientific question

• is not as trusted as a scientific theory

• describes an observed pattern in nature

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1