Scientific Methods in Action

A scientist is a person who tries to find ____________________.

• problems

• answers to questions

• solutions

• experiments

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When a scientist “tells what they think the answer will be”, they are _________________.

• Writing down important facts

• Defining the problem

• Forming a hypothesis

• Doing the experiment

When a scientist “decides what the facts mean”, he or she is _________________.

• Defining the problem

• Doing the experiment

• Publishing the results

• Drawing conclusions

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What was the problem that Ben wanted to solve?

• He was an inventor

• Lightning causing homes to burn down

• Iron is metal

• Lightning is electricity

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What were the two ideas of Ben’s to test?

• Electricity moves toward metal

• Lightning is electricity

• Lightning is dangerous

• iron is a metal

• Lightning will move toward an iron rod on a house; lightning will hit the rod, not the house.

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In the 13 colonies, Benjamin Franklin was important because _______________.

• he was an inventor, a writer, and a printer

• he was a scientist

• he discovered the scientific method

• he discovered lightning

How did Ben show that lightning was electricity?

• he wrote a paper

• he tied a key to a wire

• he did an experiment

• he flew the kite

After Ben discovered that lightning was electricity, he ___________________.

• flew the kite in a storm

• did an experiment

• forgot something

• invented the lightning rod

What did Ben forget to do?

• write down important facts

• stay safe

• tell anyone

• keep trying

Ben used scientific methods to __________________.

• build a house

• tell people

• develop the colonies

• invent the lightning rod