Scientific Method Review

Science can change and is a ongoing process.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• background research

• conclusion

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

The __________________________________ is the organized way scientists answer questions and solve problems.

• scientific method

• scientific explanation

• scientific notation

• scientific guesses

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________

• hypothesis
• conclusion
• experiment
• data

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of these contains the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

• Ask a question, do background research, state your hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

• Ask a question, state your hypothesis, do background research, conduct an experiment, make a conclusion, analyze data

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, make a conclusion, conduct an experiment, analyze data

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

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Is the following question testable?

Does the amount of fertilizer affect how tall a flower grows?

• yes

• no

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

the thing that you measure in an experiment, the outcome of the experiment

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

one thing that you can change on purpose in an experiment, also called a controlled variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• variable