Nature of Science and Review Part 2

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.

• change on purpose
• control or keep constant
• measure

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The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations

  conclusion

• data

• variables

• hypothesis

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What is an observation?

• A scientific statement based on ideas

• Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

• To be unaware of your surroundings

• The question that you want an answer to.

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A hypothesis has to have which two words? (Select two)

• If

• Think

• Due

• Then

New cells are formed from other existing cells, and that the cell is a fundamental unit of structure, function and organization in all living organisms.

• Fact
• Theory
• Law

Once a theory has been tested and confirmed it cannot be changed.

• True
• False

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You observe that, upon waking up each morning, your trashcan is overturned and trash is spread around the yard. You propose that raccoons are responsible. Is this fact, a law, a theory, or a hypothesis?

• Fact
• Law
• Theory
• Hypothesis