CH 1 : Worksheet 1 - Scientific Method

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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A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
• A hypothesis is an educated guess.
• I don't know.

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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

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Ask a question
• Conclusion
• No Horse Play
• Observe

What are the first two steps of the scientific method in order?

• 1, 2
• Observation, Form a Hypothesis

• Ask a question, For a hypothesis
• Make a plan, Experiment

Which of these explain how a natural phenomenon works or happens?

• theory

• law

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Scientific theories do not change once they have been written down.

• True
• False