Scientific Method Review

What step comes after you ask a question?

• conclusion & communicate results

• test your hypothesis

• research topic

What is the last step in the scientific method?

• conclusion & communicate results

• ask a question

• form a hypothesis

If I am testing to see if adding more water to a plant will increase it's height, what would be my independent variable?

• plant height

• amount of water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the scientific method?

• A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment

• The process of solving a problem

• A way of making non-scientific observations

• A way to summarize findings from multiple investigations

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Testing a hypothesis often involves doing an __________ or scientific investigation.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The summary at the end of an experiment that lists experimental procedure, displays data and explains the results. ​ (a)  

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

Dependent variable means

• the scientist controls what to test
• educated guess
• ask a question
• what is being measured

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.

• True
• False

A testable answer to a scientific question, that predicts what will happen in an experiment.

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group