Earth and Environmental Quiz 0.1

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

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

• Hypothesis
• Research
• Observation
• Experiment 

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

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

Dependent variable means

• the scientist controls what to test
• educated guess
• ask a question
• what is being measured

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. 
What's the dependent variable?

• increase the amount of iron in your blood
• spinach you eat

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?

• True
• How fast you get to school
• Riding a bike or walking
• False

Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?

• Color
• Smell
• 6.84 cm
• texture