Practice with the scientific method

Which of the following steps of the scientific method would come before the others?

• Identify a phenomenon and ask a question

• Construct a hypothesis

• Do initial background research

• Test your hypothesis with an experiment

Which of the following steps of the scientific method would come before the others?

• Analyze results and draw conclusions

• Construct a hypothesis

• Do initial background research

• Test your hypothesis with an experiment

Which of the following steps of the scientific method would come before the others?

• Analyze results and draw conclusions

• Construct a hypothesis

• Report results for peer review

• Test your hypothesis with an experiment

Which of the following best describes the difference between a hypothesis and a prediction?

• A hypothesis is created before experimenting and a prediction is created after the experiment.

• A prediction is created before experimenting and a hypothesis is created after the experiment.

• A prediction is a specific statement regarding how the hypothesis will play out in your experiment.

• A hypothesis is a specific statement regarding how the prediction will play out in your experiment.

What is a control group?

• A group during an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment

• A group during an experiment that does receive the experimental treatment

• A group in which the hypothesis does not apply

• All of the things in an experiment that are kept the same.

The variable directly changed or manipulated by the experimenter.

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Control Group

• Experimental Constant

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The variable that is often measured at the end of an experiment

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The ______ variable changes in response to the ______ variable

• independent; dependent

• dependent; independent

To accurately test a hypothesis, one must be careful to eliminate all variables except for the one in which you are studying. What is the name for all of the parts of the experiment that are kept the same between the control group and the experimental group?

• Controls

• Variables

• Experimental Constants

• Peer groups

The process of sharing experimental findings with others so that they can check for bias and repeatability.

• Peer review

• Experimentation

• Bias Check

• Scientific verification