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 a possible answer to a question, based on background information.

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

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Identify the problem

• 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

Which step? "I was right!: Touching the cheese makes the cheese moldy."

• make a hypothesis

• draw a conclusion

• experiment

The one thing you CHANGE in an experiment is the

• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable
• Control

An experiment has 10 plants growing in sunlight and 10 plants growing in red light.  The plant height is measured after one month. What is the dependent variable in this experiment? 

• The red light
• The sunlight
• The plant height

An experiment has 10 plants growing in sunlight and 10 plants growing in red light.  The plant height is measured after one month. What is the INDEPENDENT variable in this experiment? 

• The plant height
• The red light

• The sun light

A process or series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• metric system