Scientific Method

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

During this step of the scientific method, a scientist would gather background information. 

• Hypothesis
• Research
• Observation
• Experiment 

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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 prior knowledge

• prior knowledge

• scientific observations

• a rumor you started in the bathroom

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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The variable that you are measuring in the experiment (this is where your quantitative data comes from).

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• controlled variable

The variable that you are testing in your experiment (the one that changes).

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• controlled variable

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Data that does not include numbers, but describes things instead.

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

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A testable answer to a scientific question

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

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