Scientific Method Test

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

• Data collection
• recipe
• measurement
• scientific method

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?

• Ask a question
• Form a hypothesis
• Form a theory
• Collect data and analyze

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

• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Control or constant

What is a hypothesis?

• Right answer to an experiemental question
• Wrong answer to an experimental question
• Educated guess about what you think will happen
• Comparing what you think will happen to what actually happens in the experiment

The summary at the end of an experiment to explain the results:

• Data
• Procedures
• Conclusion
• Research

What is the information you get from your experiement that you organize into charts and graphs?

• Data
• Research
• Conclusion
• Procedures

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

An experiement is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this experiement, the independent variable is...

• The music
• The soil
• The sunlight
• The liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Analyze
• Ask a question
• Hypothesis
• Research

A dependent variable is what can be ___________ in the experiment

• Changed by the scientist
• Measured
• Questioned
• Researched

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the DEPENDENT variable? What can I measure?

• The time I left home
• Riding a bike or walking
• The wait at the bus stop
• How much time it takes me to get to school

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2