Methods of Science

When a scientist has tested her hypothesis, the next step in the scientific method is to

• communicate results

• hypothesize and predict

• analyze results

• draw conclusions

Which statement is true?

• Science is only important to scientist.

• People use science in their everyday lives.

• Science is very interesting, but not very useful.

• Scientists always agree on everything.

Which sequence of steps is correct in a process of the scientific method?

• analyze, hypothesize, conclusion

• hypothesize, experiment, analyze

• analyze, communicate, observe

• observe, conclusion, analyze

Hypothesis must be

• proved

• disproved

• tested

• observed

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Which is/are information gathered during experiments?

• data

• conclusions

• a theory

• a hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of these is true of scientific methods?

• Conclusions are drawn at the beginning of the process.

• The problem needs to be stated at the beginning of the process.

• It is not important to form a hypothesis.

• Data can be analyzed in only one way.

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What is science?

• work in a laboratory

• a subject in school

• the study of outer space

• the process of trying to understand the world

To find the mean of a set of data, first you add all of the numbers, then you ______________ by how many numbers you have.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Subtracting the lowest number from the highest number gives the ________ of a set of data.

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

What is the range for this set of data? 9, 0, 2, 8, 19, 5, 3, 2

• 7

• 19

• 17

• 3