Scientific Method

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

What is a procedure?

• Step by step instructions

• Safety rules

• What stays the same in an experiment

• A prediction

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

A testable prediction about a scientific investigation is a(n)

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

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The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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What is the last step of scientific method?

• hypothesis

• observe

• communicate

• question

The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect and being measured.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

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The independent variable is

• The variable that you change in an investigation

• The variable that you measure in an investigation

• A variable that you keep the same in an investigation

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The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an

• Conclusion

• Observation

• Inquiry

• Scientific method

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