Scientific Method Vocab. Practice

What is the term for something that uses facts, experiments, and observations to understand how things work?

• Non-scientific

• Hypothesis

• Scientific

• Procedure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What do you call a guess you make based on what you know that you can test to see if it's correct using an If...Then statement?

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Data

• Conclusion

Which term describes watching something carefully to learn about it?

• Research

• Procedure

• Observation

• Data

Tags

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

NGSS.K-LS1-1

What are the steps you follow to do an experiment called?

• Procedure

• Materials

• Constants

• Conclusion

What is the one thing you change in an experiment to see how it affects something else?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Constants

• Data

What do you call the thing you measure in an experiment to see how it changes when you change something else?

• Independent Variable

• Constants

• Dependent Variable

• Research

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What are things in an experiment that you keep the same so that they don't affect the results?

• Data

• Materials

• Constants

• Conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What do you need to do an experiment?

• Data

• Materials

• Research

• Conclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the term for finding out more about something by reading, asking questions, or doing experiments?

• Research

• Observation

• Data

• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What is the information you collect during an experiment called?

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Data

• Procedure

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4