Scientific Method

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

Observations made during an experiment are called:

• data
• problems
• conclusions
• questions

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Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Make observation
• Form a theory
• Collect data
• Form a hypothesis

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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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.

Which side of a penny will hold more drops of water? Choose the best hypothesis.

• If I use the heads side of a penny, then it will hold more drops of water than tails.
• Heads
• Tails
• Tails will hold more drops of water.

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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What is the best way to collect and record data?

• In a data table

• On post-it notes

• On scrap paper

• interpretive dance

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion