Good Experiments

Taking down exact #’s and measurements for your experiment is an example of?

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

• Detailed Data

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When Jim didn’t believe his brother’s results, what could he do check?

• Change his brother's hypothesis

• Change the data

• Repeat the experiment

• Throw his conclusion in the trash

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

When you use 20 potatoes instead of 10 you are giving your experiment...

• Bias

• Strength in #s

• 2 variables

• Control Groups

What group, control or experimental, has the isolated (independent) variable?

• Control Group

• Experimental

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

This group is used to compare, the normal group without the variable.

• Experimental

• Control

• Bias

• Independent Variable

All good experiments have 1 variable, what do we do with everything else?

• Keep everything else the same

• Change more things in the experiment

• Change the data

• Create bias conclusions

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

How many variables should be tested in an experiment?

• as many as possible

• One

• Many

• Two

How many examples should I test in my experiment?

• as many as possible

• one

• 53

• 100

What do we call our educated prediction?

• Random Guess

• Conculsion

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Google searching the topic before you write a hypothesis is what step?

• Conclusion

• Research

• Experiment

• Problem