Scientific Method Vocabulary Quiz

What is a hypothesis?

• The process of collecting data through the senses or measurement tools.

• Data that is analyzed and interpreted to support or refute a claim.

• An educated guess that can be tested .

• A statement that uses evidence to support a claim about how or why something in nature happens.

What is an observation?

• The process of collecting data through the senses or measurement tools.

• Data that is analyzed and interpreted to support or refute a claim.

• An educated guess that can be tested .

• A statement that uses evidence to support a claim about how or why something in nature happens.

What is evidence?

• The process of collecting data through the senses or measurement tools.

• Data that is analyzed and interpreted to support or refute a claim.

• An educated guess that can be tested .

• A statement that uses evidence to support a claim about how or why something in nature happens.

What does theory mean?

• The process of collecting data through the senses or measurement tools.

• Data that is analyzed and interpreted to support or refute a claim.

• An educated guess that can be tested .

• A scientific explanation that explains a wide range of phenomena and is supported by a great deal of evidence.

What is an experiment ?

• The process of collecting data through the senses or measurement tools.

• A scientific procedure that involves manipulating a factor to test a hypothesis.

• An educated guess that can be tested .

• A scientific explanation that explains a wide range of phenomena and is supported by a great deal of evidence.

What is an example of a hypothesis?

• Facts, figures, and other evidence collected through observations

• Data collected to test a hypothesis.

• Watching an apple fall from a tree, noticing that fish only come to a certain part of a river in the early morning, or smelling garbage decomposing.

• Students who eat breakfast will perform better on a math exam than students who do not eat breakfast.

What is an example of an observation?

• Facts, figures, and other evidence collected through observations

• Data collected to test a hypothesis.

• Watching an apple fall from a tree, noticing that fish only come to a certain part of a river in the early morning, or smelling garbage decomposing.

• Students who eat breakfast will perform better on a math exam than students who do not eat breakfast.

What is an example of evidence?

• Facts, figures, and other evidence collected through observations

• Data collected to test a hypothesis.

• Watching an apple fall from a tree, noticing that fish only come to a certain part of a river in the early morning, or smelling garbage decomposing.

• Students who eat breakfast will perform better on a math exam than students who do not eat breakfast.

What is an example of data?

• Facts, figures, and other evidence collected through observations

• Data collected to test a hypothesis.

• Watching an apple fall from a tree, noticing that fish only come to a certain part of a river in the early morning, or smelling garbage decomposing.

• Students who eat breakfast will perform better on a math exam than students who do not eat breakfast.

What are variables?

• A hypothesis

• An experiment is a scientific procedure that involves manipulating a factor to test a hypothesis and learn about cause-and-effect

• A quantity (amount) that can change or vary and take on different values

• Data in an experiment