Scientific Method Quiz

A step by step method used to explain the natural world.

• Recipe

• Scientific Method

• multiplication

What answer best describes the purpose of the scientific method?

• to solve problems and create experiments

• to research new information

• to practice safety

• to become a scientist

What is a hypothesis?

• an observation

• something that you know

• an educated guess

• what you keep the same in an experiment

"I was wrong; the plant needed water once a week." This is an example of a:

• conclusion

• data

• hypothesis

• procedure

"First, I'm going to record the temperature, then I'm going to water the plant." This is an example of a:

• procedure

• data

• hypothesis

• conclusion

Alexis wants to know if students do better on their homework if they listen to classical music or hip hop music. What is this an example of?

• data

• conclusion

• procedure

• question

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of the conclusion in an experiment?

• the conclusion is a summary of how the experiment was designed and it also includes all the steps

• the conclusion tells whether or not your hypothesis was correct

Using your senses allows you to make:

• food

• observations

• drawings

Repeating experiments is a good idea in order to prove the results are believable.

• True

• False

Where do we write down and organize our results from an experiment?

• Data Table

• Notebook

• Conclusion