Scientific Inquiry

Factor that you keep the same in an experiment

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable 
• Controlled Variable
• Operational Definition

What variable in an experiment is measured or observed?

For example: measuring the amount of mold on bread

• Dependent variable

• Operational Definition

• Independent Variable

• Control Variable

Information that you gather with your senses is called

• an opinion
• a question
• a belief
• an observation

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Which of these is a qualitative observation?

• The boy is 5 feet tall.
• There are six birds in the tree.
• The birds are tiny.
• There are more blue birds than black birds. 

What is the proper hypothesis format?

• "If..... because..... then"
• "If..... than..... because"
• "If..... then..... because"
• "If..... because..... than"

The thing that is being tested in an experiment is called:

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control

• problem

An explanation or interpretation of an observation usually influenced by an individual's experiences is called a(an):

• qualitative observation

• inference

• quantitative observation

• hypothesis

The factors in a controlled experiment that remain the same such as same size pot, same amount of water, same kind of plant, etc. are called the:

• variables

• procedures

• constants

• data

What kind of observation is: The leaves on the plant are turning brown.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Both

• Neither

What kind of observation is: The plant has grown 4 cm since yesterday.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Both

• Neither