Scientific Method

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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An inference is based on:

• both scientific observations and known facts

• known facts

• scientific observations

• a rumor you started 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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Which of the following is NOT a testable question?

• How do rockets work?

• Does fertilizer help plants grow bigger?

• Does heart rate increase with exercise?

• Does the freezing point of water change at different elevations?

What is the best way to collect and record data?

• In a data table

• On post-it notes

• On scrap paper

• interpretive dance

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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After the data is analyzed the hypothesis is stated as correct or incorrect in the __________

• conclusion

• experiment

• hypothesis

• table of contents

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A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions is

• the scientific method

• results

• observations

• the two step

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An educated guess in science is called a/an

• hypothesis

• procedure

• conclusion

• lucky

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