Scientific Method Vocabulary

These are numbers and obtained by counting or measuring

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

These are descriptions and involve characteristics that cannot be counted

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Who collects and organizes information in a careful, orderly way, looking for patterns and connections between events?

• Geologists

• Biologists

• Scientists

• Chemist

What do scientists begin with?

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Answer

• Record

What is the information gathered from making observations?

• Collection

• Hypothesis

• Conclustion

• Data

What is a hypothesis?

• a scientific theory for observations

• an observation based on looking

• a scientific explanation for a set of observations

• an answer based on tests

What are the five steps to the Scientific Method?

• Observation, Hypothesis, Design, Record and Analyze, Draw Conclusions

• Observation, Hypothesis, Record and Analyze, Draw Conclusions

In a ___________________ experiment, only one variable is changed at a time

• Experimental

• Controlled

What does the control group show?

• the comparison. It has the same but one variable is being removed.

• the different effect of the variable being tested

What does the experimental group show?

• the comparison. It has the same but one variable is being removed.

• the different effect of the variable being tested