Scientific Method

What is part of an experiment that serves as a standard for comparison?

• Control Group

• Constant

• Hypothesis

• Variable

The "cause" of the experiment, what we are purposefully manipulationg or changing is the ---

• Constant

• Control Group

• dependent variable

• independent variable

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If your lab partner's clothes catch on fire, you should first -----

• use a fire extinguisher

• panic

• do nothing

• tell the teacher

A testable prediction that predicts a cause and effect relationship between variable is a(n) --

• analysis

• hypothesis

• observation

• inference

A factor that does NOT change in an experiment is the ______

• constant

• control group

• dependent variable

• independent variable

All of the following are steps in the scientific method EXCEPT

• observing and recording data

• forming a hypothesis

• developing a model

• discording data that doesn't match the hypothesis

Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?

• X -axis

• Y - axis

• In the title

• In the key

The best type of graph to use to show the precentages of a whole is a

• Bar Graph

• Circle Graph

• Line Graph

• Scatter Graph

A factor in an experiment that changes in response to the independent variable is the _____.

• Constant

• Control group

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

Match the following

• Erlenmeyer flask

• 
• Bunsen burner

• 
• Mortar and pestle

• 
• Safety goggles

• 
• Beaker tongs

• 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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