Unit 0 Nature of Science

Using your five senses and gathering evidence

• variables

• scientific method

• experiment

• observations

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This variable is the one thing that changed on purpose...

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Independent Variable

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What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?

"Does eating breakfast improve test scores?"

• eating breakfast or not

• the grade you got on the test

• what time you get up in the morning

• how tasty the breakfast is

You are testing how the amount you water a plant affects its growth. What would be the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this experiment.

• They type of pot you put the plants in.

• The amount you water each plant.

• The amount of sunlight the plants get.

• The amount the plant grows.

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how scientists go about asking and answering questions

• hypothesis

• scientific inquiry

• experiment

• investigation

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The _ is an organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists.

• scientific method

• scientific law

• scientific theory

What is the purpose of the scientific method?

• to answer questions

• to create solutions to problems

• to collect data based on an experiement

• to get peer reviewed

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You make a(n) ________ when you interpret something you observe.

• prediction

• observation

• inference

• evaluation

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When you state what you think will happen in the future, you are ________.

• predicting

• observing

• inferring

• making models

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True or False: A factor that can change in an experiment is called a variable.

• True

• False