Scientific Ways of Acquiring Knowledge and Solving Problems

What is the correct order of steps in the scientific method?

• Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, and analyze results.

• Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, and draw conclusions.

• Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, and draw conclusions.

• Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, ask a question, and draw conclusions.

Which of the following questions is best considered as scientific?

• Who invented electricity?

• How long did dinosaurs live on Earth?

• How many koalas are there in Australia?

• Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?

What is the process of obtaining information using your senses?

• Inquiry

• Conclusion

• Observation

• Scientific Method

A skill in which you group things. What is it?

• Observing

• Predicting

• Classifying

• Estimating

What do you call an idea or explanation that you test through study and experimentation?

• Question

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Observation

When you have an exact figure or number in an experiment, you are giving

• measurement

• estimation

• question

• conclusion

A scientist is already contemplating whether the data of his experiments support his hypothesis. At this point the scientist is ________________.

• asking a question

• making observations

• drawing a conclusion

• forming a hypothesis

Which refers to scientific procedure undertaken by scientists to test a hypothesis and make a discovery or demonstrate a known fact?

• Theory

• Inference

• Conclusion

• Experiment

When scientist shares her findings with other scientists, she is _________________.

• experimenting

• analyzing data

• making a hypothesis

• communicating results

In which step of the scientific method do we want to use graphs?

• Analyze data

• Asking questions

• Make hypothesis

• Communicate results