Scientific Method Quiz

Is the quarter worth more because it is bigger?

The Scientific Method is...

• the way scientists make problems and ask questions.

• the way scientists answer questions and solve problems.

• the way scientists never solve problem.s

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

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

What is the Scientific Method primarily based on?

• The authority of ancient texts

• Observation and experimentation

• Philosophical debate

• Religious doctrine

True or False: A theory and a hypothesis are the same.

• True
• False

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

This variable is the actual data collected during the experiment. 

• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control group
• data group

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. 

• experimental group
• control group
• data
• variables