The Scientific Method

Prediction to the question you asked.

• Question
• Hypothesis
• Results
• Conclusion

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The steps you took to do your experiment.

• Results
• Problem
• Procedure
• Conclusion

Tells what happened when you did your experiment.

• Results
• Hypothesis
• Procedure
• Problem

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A student measures the mass of an object on a balance. The balance reads 23.5 grams. This is a type of ________________ data.

• quantitative

• qualitative

If you wake up on a Saturday morning, and notice you cannot find your phone, you have made a(n)

• discovery
• law
• idea
• observation

You think that you may have left your phone in your pocket. This is a(n)

• hypothesis
• problem
• result
• conclusion

An experiment cannot have more than one hypothesis.

• True
• False

A student designs an experiment that measures the height of a plant after being exposed to different amounts of sunlight. The independent variable in this experiment is

• amount of sunlight

• height of the plant

• type of plant

• amount of water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Qualitative data relies on numbers.

• False
• True

Which variable do you measure in an experiment?

• Independent
• Dependent