Scientific Method

The scientific method begins with ______?

• a conclusion

• an experiment

• a scientist

• an observation/problem

The last step in the scientific method below is ______?

• a conclusion

• an experiment

• a scientist

• an observation/problem

The ________________ must have an experimental group and control group to be able to compare results.

• experiment

• hypothesis

• observation

• scientist

Sometimes scientists use different words to describe the same concept.

• True

• False

An experiment which measures results in meters will have _____________

data.

• qualitative

• quantitative

Data is analyzed and ____________

is formed.

• an opinion

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Chimi is curious if eating an apple a day will really keep the doctor way. He designs an experiment with 100 people. 50 people eat the same type of apple once everyday for a year and 50 people do not eat apples. At the end of the year, the people from both groups report how many times they have visited the doctor in the past year. What is the independent variable?

• the amount of people

• the doctor

• the length of time

• eating an apple everyday

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Chimi is curious if eating an apple a day will really keep the doctor way. He designs an experiment with 100 people. 50 people eat the same type of apple once everyday for a year and 50 people do not eat apples. At the end of the year, the people from both groups report how many times they have visited the doctor in the past year. What is the dependent variable?

• the doctor

• eating an apple everyday

• number of visits to the doctor

• not eating an apple

After data is collected, it should be _____________.

• Organized and analyzed

• Written in paragraph form with correct spelling

• Repeated

• Shared

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which best describes the dependent variable?

• It stays the same throughout the experiment

• It changes in response to the independent variable

• It is also called a constant

• Never heard of it

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2