Components of Scientific Method

1. What skill does a scientist show when she listens to the sounds that whales makes?

• A. Making hypothesis

• B. Making observations

• C. Interpreting data

• D. Drawing conclusion

2. Which question would be the best high level scientific question?

• A. How many giraffes live in Africa?

• B. Who made the first microscope?

• C. How long ago did dinosaurs live on Earth?

• D. Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?

3. What do you call the series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions?

• A. Observation

• B. Scientific Method

• C. Hypothesis

• D. Experiment

4. In science, an educated guess is called a/an

• A. Conclusion

• B. Hypothesis

• C. Observation

• D. Question

5. When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are

• A. Asking questions

• B. Making observations

• C. Drawing conclusions

• D. Forming a hypothesis

6. When a scientist shares her findings with other scientists, she is

• A. Experimenting

• B. Analyzing data

• C. Making a hypothesis

• D. Communicating results

7. The final part or a summary of reasonable inferences is/an

• A. Controlled experiment

• B. Hypothesis

• C. Question

• D. Conclusion

8. Anything that can change in an experiment is called_________.

• A. Variable

• B. Experiment

• C. Hypothesis

• D. Conclusion

9. All good experiment should be

• A. Questionable

• B. Explainable

• C. Testable

• D. Thoughtful

10. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

• A. Hypothesis

• B. Experiment

• C. Conclusion

• D. Plagiary