Scientific Method Review

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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Dependent variable means

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

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

• the amount of iron in your blood

• spinach you eat

This is the group that we will compare our experimental group to. This group stays "normal" or receives no treatment at all.

• Control Group
• Experimental Group
•  Normal Group
• Weird Group

This is the group that is affected by the independent variable or the group that is changed.

• Control Group
• Experimental Group
• Changed Group
• Cool Group

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

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.

Which of the following is NOT a testable question?

• How do rockets work?

• Does fertilizer help plants grow bigger?

• Does heart rate increase with exercise?

• Does the freezing point of water change at different elevations?