Scientific Method

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• 
  background research

• question/observation

• 
  conclusion

True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.

• True

• False

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

Another word for prediction or educated guess is:

• Data

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

The information you record in an experiment is called your...

• data

• notebook

• conclusion

• theory

What does the independent variable do in an experiment?

• Is the one factor that is changed from group to group

• Is the factor that stays the same in each experimental group

• Is the part of the experiment you do by yourself

• The data collected to share with other scientists

What does the dependent variable measure in experiments?

• data

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• theory

If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller. Is an example of...

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Truth

• Data

You will collect and record this during an experiment.

• data
• conclusion
• hypothesis
• background research

An organized procedure used by scientists to test a hypothesis. 

• scientific method
• experiment
• data collection
• metric system