Scientific method

What is the 1st step in the scientific method?

• Make an observation

• Design and conduct an experiment

• Share your results

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all ________ parts of the environment

• alive

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Is a fern an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Weather and sunlight are abiotic or biotic factors?

• abiotic

• biotic

A hypothesis is

• an educated guess

• fact or fictional information

• a statement supported by research

• a conclusion in a science experiment

What is an observation?

• Something you measure or detect with your senses

• An educated guess

• A theory that has not been proven

• The way you feel about something

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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

• materials

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• results

What step does every scientific method begin with?

• hypothesis

• procedures

• question/problem

• conclusion

Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• make an observation

• collect data

• form a hypothesis

• form a theory