Scientific Method

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• observe and ask a question

• procedures

• conclusion

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

What is an observation?

• A scientific statement based on ideas

• Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

• To be unaware of your surroundings

• The question that you want an answer to.

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

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

This step of the scientific method is an educated guess or a prediction. 

• Hypothesis
• Research
• Observation
• Conclusion

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

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

Your friend's hair got caught in the triple balance. She should have ________?

• Cut her hair before the class
• Tied back her hair with a tie
• Skipped class and gotten the notes later
• Worn a hat

Is the phrase an inference, qualitative observation, or a quantitative observation? 
She had six fingers.

• Inference
• Qualitative 
• Quantitative

Is the phrase an inference, qualitative observation, or a quantitative observation? 
The tree was tall.

• Inference
• Qualitative
• Quantitative

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry