Science as a process

Two types of data scientists collect are...

• hypothesis and theory
• qualitative and quantitative
• myths and fables
• metric and standard measurements

Science is a stagnant process.

• True
• False

True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

It is a process skill where you design an investigation, including a procedure, to test a hypothesis.

• formulating hypothesis
• communicating
• interpreting data
• experimenting

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

When you use the senses to gather information, you are
_______________________.

• inferring
• predicting
• experimenting
• observing

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?

• quantitative
• qualitative

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions/photographs/illustrations that cannot be counted or measured?

• qualitative
• quantitative

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?

• Type of plant
• Water, apple juice, milk
• Plant growth
• Color of the plant's leaves

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion