G8P1 - Scientific Method POST-TEST

What is the last step in the scientific method?

• Conclusion and Communicate Results

• Ask a Question

• Form a Hypothesis

Which of the following are qualitative?

• Red pen

• 4 boys

• 2 plants

Select which of the following are quantitative (select all that apply)

• 14 desks

• blue sky

• 4 books

• sad ghirl

If I am testing to see if adding more water to a plant will increase its height, what would be my independent variable?

• Plant Height

• Amount of Water

If I am testing which dog food is the tastiest, what would be my dependent variable?

• Amount of dog food eaten

• Type of dog food

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

• scientific method

• recipe

• data collection

• metric system

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

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• data

• control group

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

• conclusion

• methods or procedures

• materials

• responding variable

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

• Conclusion

• Data

• Variables

• Hypothesis

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid: water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is...

• The type of plant

• The amount of sunlight

• Type of Music

• The type of liquid