Unit 1: Scientific Method Test Practice

I predict the cup of ice with sugar added will melt the fastest. This is an example of a:

• procedure
• hypothesis
• observation
• replicate

Cups, Ice, Sugar, Salt, Tablespoon

This is an example of:

• procedure
• hypothesis
• observation
• materials

When added to a cup of ice, will salt or sugar cause the ice to melt the fastest?

• procedure
• hypothesis
• problem
• materials

After conducting the experiment, the cup with salt melted the fastest.

• variable
• hypothesis
• problem
• conclusion

To repeat the experiment

• data
• procedure
• replicate
• variable

A prediction or educated guess about what will happen in an experiment

• hypothesis
• variable
• materials
• replicate

the information you collect from the experiment (usually in numbers)

• investigations
• data
• replicate
• conclusion

watching and noticing events that happen during an experiment

• replicate
• variable
• observation
• data

parts of an experiment that can be changed and can affect the results of an experiment

• data
• conclusion
• hypothesis
• variable

an experiment designed to answer a question

• replicate
• investigation
• variable
• observation