Practice Questions for the Scientific Method

An educated guess about a problem

• Constant
• Control
• Dependent Variable
• Hypothesis

The variable that is measured in an experiment

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Constant

The variable changed or manipulated in an   experiment.

• Independent
• Dependent
• Constant
• Control

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

What is a constant/control in an experiment?

• Things that do not change in a experiment. It's the variable that stays the same. You can have many variables stay the same.

• It's the variables that the scientist changes in the experiment

• It's the variables that are being measured in an experiment

What is being changed in this experiment?

• ramp height
• the speed that the ball rolls
• type of ball

What is being kept constant?

• ramp height
• speed of the ball rolling
• type of ball

How many independent variables should you have in an experiment?

• two

• as many as possible

• four

• one

Which of the following shows the correct sequence for the scientific method inquiry?

• Conclusion, Experimentation, Hypothesis, Observation

• Observation, Experimentation, Hypothesis, Conclusion

• Observation, Hypothesis, Experimentation, Conclusion

• Experimentation, Conclusion, Observation, Hypothesis