Scientific Method and Tools of a Biologist

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What is an independent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

What is an dependent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

At what temperature did bread mold the slowest?

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Something that you keep the same in an experiment is called a(n) _________________________.

• variable

• control

• procedure

• conclusion

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?

"Does eating breakfast improve test scores?"

• eating breakfast or not

• the grade you got on the test

• what time you get up in the morning

• how tasty the breakfast is

You are testing how the amount you water a plant affects its growth. What would be the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this experiment.

• They type of pot you put the plants in.

• The amount you water each plant.

• The amount of sunlight the plants get.

• The amount the plant grows.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

• The evidence is the data that supports your claim could look like

• only graphs

• only in charts

• • (an observation, graph, table, chart, etc..)

• only through observation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• yes

• no

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4