5 Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

To "conduct" an experiment means...

• a formal, systematic study with the purpose of gathering facts (data)

• anything presented to support a claim, usually data

• to plan and carry out (do it)

• the reason to plan an experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A scientific investigation means...

• a formal, systematic study with the purpose of gathering facts (data)

• anything presented to support a claim, usually data

• to plan and carry out (do it)

• the reason to plan an experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Evidence means...

• a formal, systematic study with the purpose of gathering facts (data)

• anything presented to support a claim, usually data

• to plan and carry out (do it)

• the reason to plan an experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Questions matter because they are...

• formal, systematic study with the purpose of gathering facts (data)

• anything presented to support a claim, usually data

• planning and carrying out (doing) investigations

• the reason to plan investigations

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Scientists call a test that controls all conditions except the ones that are being measured a...

• fair test.

• final test.

• pop quiz.

• answer to a scientific question.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A variable is...

• a test that controls all but one variable

• one in a number of repetitions in an experiment

• a factor that can be changed, controlled, or measured

• an answer to a scientific question

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A trial is...

• a test that controls all but one variable

• one in a number of repetitions in an experiment

• a factor that can be changed, controlled, or measured

• an answer to a scientific question

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Select all that apply: Important experiment variables

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Controlled/Constant variables

• None of these variables are important

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An independent variable is...

• what the scientist changes at the beginning of each trial

• what the scientist measures at the end of each trial

• all the things that stay the same in every trial

• tools that are needed to conduct the experiment

A dependent variable is...

• what the scientist changes at the beginning of each trial

• what the scientist measures at the end of each trial

• all the things that stay the same in every trial

• tools that are needed to conduct the experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4