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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A scientific observation is:

• Based on facts

• based on your personal beliefs

• Based on opinions

• Based on a rumor you heard in the bathroom

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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

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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What is the best way to collect and record data?

• In a data table

• On post-it notes

• On scrap paper

• interpretive dance

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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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An educated guess in science is called a/an

• hypothesis

• procedure

• conclusion

• lucky

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion