Scientific Method

What is a series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions?

• experiment

• hypothesis

•  observation

• scientific method

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

In an experiment, an educated guess is a

•    question

•   hypothesis

• conclusion

• observation

To test a hypothesis, a scientist could conduct a(n) ________________________.

•   observation

• inference

• experiment

• environment

In a controlled experiment, how many variables can be worked with at a time? 

• none

• one

• two

• three or more

All the things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair are called

• controlled variables

• independent variables

• dependent variables

• experimental variables

When you use knowledge of a future event, you are making a(n) ____________________.

 

• experiment

• observation

• inference

• prediction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In an experiment, the one variable that is purposely changed is called the

• controlled variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• experimental variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales make?

• drawing conclusions

• interpreting data

• making a hypothesis

• making observations

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• procedure

• independent variable

Scientists can organize their observations using ______________________.

• charts

• graphs

• tables

• all of the above