Scientific Method Quiz Review

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is an educated guess.
• I don't know.

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion

During this step of the scientific method, a scientist would gather background information. 

• Hypothesis
• Research
• Observation
• Experiment 

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

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

Which of the following is an observation of the picture?

• The person is wearing a T-shirt
• It is a sunny day
• The person is going to a birthday party
• The gift is a DVD player

The variable the is changed on purpose is..

• Constant
• Control
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable

The variable that is being tested, counted, or measured and is responding to the independent variable is known as 

• Control
• Constant
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable

Its one of the independent variables that is use for comparison, does not get any change, original or plain variable.

• Constant
• Control
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable