Scientific Method

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?

• Ask a Question

• 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

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer

• experiment

• problem

• safety check

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion