Lab Safety and Scientific Method REVIEW

What is an observation?

• Something you measure or detect with your senses.

• The way you feel about something

• An educated guess

• A theory that has been disproved

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A scientific observation is:

• Based on facts

• based on your personal beliefs

• Based on opinions

• Based on a rumor you heard in the bathroom

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What is the scientific method?

• A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment

• The process of solving a problem

• A way of making non-scientific observations

• A way to summarize findings from multiple investigations

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What is a hypothesis?

• An educated prediction or answer to a testable question

• A random guess

• An observation based on feelings or emotions

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An observation that is measurable and made with tools (such as a ruler or scale) is what type

• quantitative

• qualitative

• koalatative

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What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

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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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Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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