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

An inference is based on:

• both scientific observations and known facts

• scientific observations

• known facts

• a rumor you started in the bathroom

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What is the scientific method?

• The process of solving a problem

• A way to summarize findings from multiple investigations

• A way of making non-scientific observations

• A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment

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Which of the following is NOT a testable question?

• Does heart rate increase with exercise?

• Does fertilizer help plants grow bigger?

• How do rockets work?

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

What is a hypothesis?

• A random guess

• An observation based on feelings or emotions

• An educated prediction or answer to a testable question

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A manipulated variable is

• The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

• The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment.

• A factor in an experiment that can change.

• Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A responding variable is

• Any factor in an experiment that can change.

• The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

• A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or how to define a particular term.

• The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable in an experiment.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the best way to collect and record data?

• On scrap paper

• On post-it notes

• In a data table

• with an interpretive dance

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An observation that is measurable, uses numbers and is made with tools (such as a ruler or scale) is what type

• quantitative

• qualitative

• koalatative