Writing A Hypothesis

Scientific questions have to be...

• Testable

• Easy

• Interesting

Every hypothesis begins with what word?

• Does
• If
• Which
• Then

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:
Question: Why is my room warmer during the day than at night?

• Sunlight is making my room warmer.
• Mr. Rivas has the heat turned on in the morning.
• If I close my blinds during the day, then my room will be cooler because sunlight cant get in.
• Sunlight actually cools down a room.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.

• A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.

• A hypothesis is an "educated" guess.

• I don't know.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

If plants are exposed to sunlight then they will grow taller because all plants need sunlight as part of photosynthesis.

What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

• Procedure

• Hypothesis

• Question

• Results

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:

Question: Does music make students perform better on quizzes and tests?

• If students do better, then students will not listen to music while taking a test.

• Music is good so they will do better.

• If students listen to music while taking a test, then they will do worse because they are distracted.

• Music can be distracting if it's too loud.

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:
Question: Does eating an apple a day keep you from getting sick?

• If you eat an apple a day, then you wont get sick as much because apples are healthy for you.
• Eating an apple a day is healthy for you.
• Then you eat an apple a day if you wont get sick.
• Apples are healthy, so it wont make you sick.

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:
Question: Does eating breakfast help students do better in the morning?

• Breakfast is bad because it makes you sick in the mornings.
• Breakfast is good because it gives you energy.
• Then students will eat breakfast in the morning if students do better in the morning.
• If students eat breakfast every day, then they will do better in the mornings because they are more energized.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

How does changing my breakfast from cereal to eggs affect how many snacks I have in the morning? Testable or nontestable question?

• Testable Question

• Not a testable question

I think regular soda will taste better than diet soda. Is this an example of a hypothesis?

• Hypothesis

• Not a hypothesis