Scientific Method

What is the scientific method?

• a process used by scientists to explore observations

• a scientific way to design a graph

• a process for students to have fun

• a list of materials

What is a hypothesis?

• the conclusion to an experiment

• a prediction about what will happen during the lab

• the gathering or materials

• an explanation of the data

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

How many independent variables should you have in an experiment?

• two

• as many as possible

• four

• one

Which are part of the scientific method?

• Identify the Problem

• Perform an Experiment

• Form a Hypothesis

• Collect lots of money

• Communicate the Results

What is an independent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

What is an dependent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

At what temperature did bread mold the slowest?

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

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

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact