Comprehensive Science II: Nature of Science/Sci. Method

Which of the following is a scientific observation? 

• The potato is brown in color.
• The potato tastes the best.
• The potato may cause allergies.
• The potato smells funny. 

What is another word for hypothesis?

• evidence
• graph
• investigation
• prediction

Which question can best be investigated by a scientist?

• Should I buy a red shirt or a green shirt?
• Does chocolate milk or plain milk taste better?
• Does a plant need sunlight to grow?
• Which feels softer, cat fur or dog fur?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The variable that is changed on purpose is: 

• Control
• Dependent
• Independent
• Outcome

The variable in the experiment that is the outcome that you measure is called:

• Control
• Dependent
• Independent
• Hypothesis

The factor in an experiment that will be changed. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• controlled variable
• inferences 

You use your five senses to describe something

• observation
• prediction
• experiment
• conclusion

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results, and referrers to the hypothesis using data. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. (not changed)

• experimental group
• control group
• data
• variables

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5