The Scientific Method

True or False: Science only pertains to the natural world

• True

• False

A possible explanation to a question that has not yet been tested is called a...

• theory

• fact

• hypothesis

• data

Step one of the scientific method is to

• Form a hypothesis

• Identify the problem or question

• Set up an experiment

• Record results

Different factors that can be changed in an experiment are called

• data

• conclusions

• graphs

• variables

The ___________ group is not changed and is used for comparison

• Experimental

• Control

The _________ group is the group you use to test the effect of a variable.

• Experimental

• Control

The variables that stay the same between all groups are ___________ variables.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

The variable that you have control over or change in an experiment is the _____________ variable.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

The variable that is the result and is usually something you measure is the ______________ variable.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

The name of the information that you gather from your experiment used to help accept or reject your hypothesis is called

• observations

• data

• variables

• conclusions