Biology Scientific Method

Which of these contains steps in the right order?

• Ask a question, research, state your hypothesis, experiment, analyze, draw a conclusion

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, experiment, analyze, draw a conclusion

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, draw a conclusion, experiment, analyze

• Ask a question, state your hypothesis, research, experiment, analyze and draw a conclusion, share the results

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

• Hypothesis

• Scientific method

• Data collection

• Experiment

The following is NOT a step in the scientific method.

• Share conclusions with others

• Make predictions

• Collect data

• State a theory

Which happens last?

• Ask a question/make an observation

• Make a hypothesis

• Make a plan

• Draw conclusions

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

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Data

• Fact

To make observations you use your _______.

• senses

• feet

• smile

• experience

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• yes
• no

What is an dependent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

What is an independent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?

• Color
• Smell
• 6.84 cm
• texture