SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Make observation
• Form a theory
• Collect data
• Form a hypothesis

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

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

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A possible explanation or an "educated guess" to a problem that has not yet been tested.

• Data

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Fact

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• Hypothesis

• question/problem

• Procedures

• Conclusion

 

Which is true about hypothesis?

• It may reject or accepts your prediction.

• It is an educated guess or possible answer to the question.

• It summarizes the result on the experiment.

• It is the final answer to the question.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2