Scientific method recap

The one thing that a scientist changes in their investigation

• Variable

• Independent variable

• data

• Hypothesis

What the scientist is measuring in their investigation. 

• Dependent variable

• variable

• hypothesis

• data

All the things the scientist keeps the same in their experiment.

• Control variables

• Dependent variable

• Data

• Hypothesis

Science can change and is a continually ongoing process.

• True

• False

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:

Question: Why is my room warmer during the day than at night?

• Sunlight is making my room warmer.

• Mr. Nuzzo has the heat turned on in the morning.

• If I close my blinds during the day, then my room will be cooler because sunlight cant get in.

• Sunlight actually cools down a room.

How many independent variables should you have in an experiment?

• two

• as many as possible

• four

• one

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

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