The Scientific Method

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

• data collection

• metric system

• recipe

• scientific method

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.

• data

• fact

• hypothesis

• theory

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This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist.

• control group

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• data

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• experiment

• answer

• safety check

• problem

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

• materials

• responding variable

• procedures

• conclusion

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• variables

• data

• hypothesis

• observations

Dependent variable means

• educated guess

• what is being measured

• ask a question

• the scientist controls what to test

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If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. What's the dependent variable?

• spinach you eat

• increase the amount of iron in your blood

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?

• Riding a bike or walking

• True

• False

• How fast you get to school

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Will a construction paper airplane fly faster than an airplane made from notebook paper? Choose the best hypothesis.

• If I make a paper airplane from notebook paper, then it will fly faster than construction paper.

• I think the construction paper airplane will fly faster.

• Yes

• No

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