Scientific Process Review

Which part of the scientific method would one be putting information into data tables and/or graphs?

• Define the problem

• Data and/or observations

• Repeat and/or redesign

• Perform the experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

If the owls hunt in the dark by vision, then they will strike more efficiently because they can see better is an example of a(n)

• problem

• research

• hypothesis

• experiment

If an experiment is repeated many times and gives the same results, could it become a scientific law or theory?

• yes

• no

After you have made an observation about something in nature, what step is the most logical to do next?

• make a hypothesis

• test the hypothesis

• define the problem/ask a question

• collect data

What conclusion were we able to make about the Superstition Lab?

• Head circumference x 3 and vertical height was 10 cm or less for 64% of all of Mrs. Mohan's biology classes.

• Head circumference x 3 and vertical height was greater than 10 cm for 64% of all of Mrs. Mohan's biology classes.

• Head circumference x 3 and vertical height was 10 cm or less for 36% of all of Mrs. Mohan's biology classes.

• Head circumference x 3 and vertical height was not measured during this experiment.

What type of research would give you the most recent information on brain eating amoeba?

• encyclopedia

• Amoeba sisters

• a journal from 1998

• The Center for Disease Control's internet site (ends in .gov)

My daughter's experiment on touching morning glory tendrils to see if they'd climb more had problems. What did she have to do so her results would be reliable?

• define the problem

• collect data

• redesign her experiment

• research

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What are controlled variables?

• the variable you change in an experiment

• the variables you must keep the same in an experiment

• the variable you measure in an experiment

• the group that gets the variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the manipulated (independent) variable in an experiment?

• the variable you change in an experiment

• these variables must stay the same in an experiment

• the variable you measure in an experiment

• the group that gets the variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the responding (dependent) variable in an experiment?

• the variable you change in an experiment

• these variables must stay the same in an experiment

• the variable you measure in an experiment

• the group that gets the variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2