Nature of Science II

What is an educated guess?

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• experiment

What is the variable that is changed?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constant

• controlled variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the variable that is measured?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constant

• controlled variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What variable remains the same for both the control group and the experimental group?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constant or controlled variable

• hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the group that receives no special treatment and is used for comparison?

• experimental group

• control group

• constant or controlled variable

• hypothesis

What group is the part of the experiment that receives special treatment (independent variable)?

• experimental group

• control group

• constant

• variable

Which option is an example of quantitative data?

• a green tree

• a tall tree

• a flowering tree

• a 10 foot tree

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

True or False Research should be done before making a hypothesis.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

What is the first step of the scientific method?

• ask a question

• hypothesis

• research

• experiment

Elizabeth is experimenting with water bottle flipping. She flips bottles with 10 milliliters of water 10 times. She records how many of them land upright. Then she flips bottles with 20 milliliters of water 10 times. She records how many of them land upright. What was the independent variable?

• volume of water

• number of times the water bottles landed