BrainPop: Scientific Process

Which statement describes the relationship between the scientific method and the scientific process?

• The scientific method IS ANOTHER NAME FOR the scientific process

• The scientific method IS A PART OF the scientific process

• The scientific method IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO the scientific process

• The scientic method IS THE END RESULT OF the scientific process

The scientific process is most similar to:

• Following a recipe

• Learning a new language

• Building a bridge

• Solving a mystery

Each of the following can be used to make observations except:

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What do all hypotheses have in common?

• They are proposed at the beginning of the scientific process

• They are tested by experimentation

• They are rejected due to growing science

• They become accepted scientific knowledge

Which of the following can be considered evidence?

• An obsevation

• A suprising result of an experiment

• An expected result of an experiment

• All of the above

Scientist view disproved hypothesis as:

• A wasted effort

• An exception

• An oppurtunity to investigate further

• The goal of the scientific process

The statement "The scientific process is open-ended" means:

• The process can go in unexpected directions

• Questions have more than one answer

• Experiments never end

• Scientists publish findings without peer review

Scientific predictions can best be described as:

• Problems you expect to identify

• Questions you expect to ask

• Experiments you can run

• Evidence you expect to find

Peer-reviewed papers are considered trustworthy because they:

• Have more than one author

• Prove their hypothesis

• Have been checked by other scientists

• Are published frequently

Which of the following is closest to scientific fact?

• A hypothesis

• A theory

• An opinion

• A prediction