Scientific Method

Science is

• a process that seeks to understand religion.

• a process that seeks to understand the natural and social world.

• a process that seeks to understand stuff.

• a process that seeks to understand humanitarian efforts.

What is the first thing you do when performing the scientific method?

• Make a conclusion
• make an observation
• solve a problem
• experiment

Why is it important to collect data?

• because
• it gives you busy work
• They are magically delicious
• in order to share your results with others

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What do you do after you come up with your hypothesis?

• Conclude
• Test your hypothesis
• Do a victory dance
• Tell your teacher

An educated guess is

• an observation
• question
• hypothesis
• experiment

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This step should be done more than once to ensure accurate results. 

• Conduct an experiment
• conclude
• record data
• clean up after an investigation

What does every scientific experiment begin with?

• a hypothesis
• a conclusion
• procedures
• a question or problem

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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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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Which of the following is NOT a testable question?

• How do rockets work?

• Does fertilizer help plants grow bigger?

• Does heart rate increase with exercise?

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