Scientific Method Review

Put these scientific method steps in the correct order.

• Gather information and make a hypothesis

• Ask the question

• Analyze the data

• Experiment and observe

• Make a conclusion

Match the following

• Experimental group

• group in an experiment that does NOT receive the independent variable

• hypothesis

• a possible answer to the question; an educated guess

• Dependent variable

• The variable in an experiment that changes as a result of the independent variable

• Control group

• group in an experiment that receives the independent variable

• Independent variable

• The variable in an experiment that is being tested

Match the following

• Conclusion

• Observations made using you senses

• Quantitative observations

• A picture of the data

• Graph

• Observations made with measurements (numbers)

• Qualitative observations

• An answer to the original question

• Inference

• A guess about something that happened based

   on your observations

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A logical series of steps that scientists follow to answer a question is called the scientific _______

A good scientific question is one that is based on fact, not on

Scientists should include the words "if", "then", and "because" when they make a

Factors that are kept the same in the experimental group and the control group are called

• inferences

• controlled variables

• observations

• hypotheses

Which of the following is used to show a relationship between the independent

                and dependent variables?

• Pie graph

• Bar graph

• Line graph

Which of the following is used to show how the parts are related to the whole

                amount (or the percentage of the whole).

• Pie graph

• bar graph

• line graph

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The independent variable is on the _____ side of a data table

• left

• right