Scientific Methods

What is information that can be analyzed called?

• Independent variable
• Observation
• Data
• Dependent variable

Which of the following is NOT a method of studying the world?

• Proposing explanations
• Testing hypotheses
• Using our senses to study the world
• Analyzing data

What are observed and measured during an experiment?

• Proposed explanations of observations and experiments
• Dependent variables
• Information that can be analyzed
• Conditions that do not change during an experiment

What is a proposed explanation of observations and experiments supported by evidence called?

• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Observation
• Theory

What are dependent variables?

• Conditions that do not change during an experiment
• Proposed explanations of observations and experiments
• Observed and measured during an experiment
• Information that can be analyzed

What is observation?

• A proposed answer for a scientific question
• A condition manipulated by a scientist in an experiment
• Information that can be analyzed
• Using our senses to study the world

What is an independent variable?

• A proposed answer for a scientific question
• A proposed explanation of observations and experiments supported by evidence
• A condition manipulated by a scientist in an experiment
• Information that can be analyzed

What do secondary sources do?

• Manipulate conditions in an experiment
• Summarize or report only portions of primary information
• Test hypotheses and find out how something happens
• Analyze data

What is a condition manipulated by a scientist in an experiment called?

• Hypothesis
• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Observation

What do scientific journals serve as?

• Conditions manipulated by a scientist in an experiment
• Secondary sources of scientific information
• Primary sources of scientific information
• Information that can be analyzed