Scientific Method

Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Homeostasis

Your hypothesis MUST be _________________________.

• silly

• testable

• a variable

• educational

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An experiment is a procedure used to test your _______________.

• control group

• observation

• curiosity

• hypothesis

• sense of humor

Which of the following is NOT part of every good experiment?

• out of control group

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control group

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A good or “valid” experiment will only have ________ Independent variable!

• 1

• 2

• 3

• It doesn't matter!

The ______________________ variable is the factor in the experiment that is being tested.

• dependent

• controlled

• independent

• scientific

The ___________________ variable is the factor in the experiment that responds to the thing you’re testing.

• dependent

• controlled

• independent

• scientific

The purpose of a control group is ____________________________________________.

• to live

• to make the experiment work

• controls are used as a basis for COMPARISON

• so that we know the results of the experiment are due to what we are testing

A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the dependent variable is _______________________________.

• the water

• the temperature of the water

• the number of plants that can live in the water

• the amount of salt in the water

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A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the independent variable is _______________________________.

• the water

• the temperature of the water

• the number of plants that can live in the water

• the amount of salt in the water

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