Scientific Method

The most important lab safety rule is always follow your teacher's instructions and assignment directions EXACTLY.

• true

• false

In science, both a hypothesis and questions should always be

• controlled

• testable

• interesting

• All of the above

A good way to record and organize scientific observations is with a(n)

• model

• song

• data table

• poem

All inventions, technology, and scientific knowledge began with _________________.

• conclusions

• variables

• observations

A ________________is an educated guess based on observations, experiences, and/or data) about what will happen in an experiment.

• conclusion

• question

• hypothesis

• variable

The steps in a procedure are called a _____________.

• data

• procedure

• variables

• staircase

The factors in an experiment that must be controlled are called

• procedure

• data

• variables

• hypotheses

The one variable that you change on purpose is called the

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• controlled experiment

• changing thingy

What factor is measured in the experiment

• variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• conclusion

The measurements and observations collected during the experiment are called

• inferences

• hypothesis

• data

• variables