Scientific Method

An educated GUESS OR PREDICTION

• CONCLUSION

• RESEARCH

• ANALYZE

• HYPOTHESIS

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

• data

• theory

• hypothesis

• fact

Which step asks scientists to make a guess or prediction about what might happen in their experiment?

• Problem

• Research

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

What is a controlled variable?

• The variable being tested or changed by the scientist, also known as the manipulated variable.

• The variable that the

  scientist is measuring or

  observing, also known as the responding variable.

• The variables that the scientist keeps constant, which allows them to attribute the results to the independent variable alone.

LISTING PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS ARE PART OF THE __________?

• EXPERIMENT

• QUESTION

• HYPOTHESIS

• CONCLUSION

The first step in the Scientific Method is ___________?

• State your HYPOTHESIS

• RESEARCH

• MAKING AN OBSERVATION

• ANALYZING DATA

In 6th grade, every proper hypothesis begins with what word?

• Does

• If

• Because

• Then

Which of these contains the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

• Ask a question, do background research, state your hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

• Ask a question, state your hypothesis, do background research, conduct an experiment, make a conclusion, analyze data

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, make a conclusion, conduct an experiment, analyze data

A dependent variable is the variable that is being:

• experimented on

• measured

• tested

• controlled

THE PART OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT CHANGES AS A RESULT.

• CONTROL

• INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

• DEPENDENT VARIABLE