Lab Safety & The Scientific Method

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 idea.

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials

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

• observations

• data

• hypothesis

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What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Identify a problem/question to be answered

• Conclusion

• Form a hypothesis

"If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller."

What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

• Procedure

• Hypothesis

• Results

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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A process or series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question is known as

• scientific method
• recipe
• metric system

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What is an observation?

• Where you gather information about your surroundings

• Where you use information gathered to make an educated guess

• It is a forecast of what will happen in the future

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Your hypothesis must be correct

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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Which are part of the scientific method (there is more than one answer - you must get them all!)?

• Identify the Problem

• Perform an Experiment

• Form a Hypothesis

• Collect lots of money

• Communicate the Results

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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