Scientific Method Practice

This is the group that we will compare our experimental group to. This group stays "normal."

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

•  Normal Group

• Weird Group

The condition that you keep the same for each experimental group throughout the entire experiment.

• Control

• Hypothesis

• Constant

• Independent Variable

A man tested different types of gum to see which flavor lasted the longest. What is the independent variable?

• The different types of gum

• How long the flavor lasted

A man tested different types of gum to see which flavor lasted the longest. What is the dependent variable?

• The different types of gum

• How long the flavor lasted

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Nick wanted to see how high an ice cube would float in different temperatures of water. Identify the DEPENDENT variable

• Amount of water

• how high the Ice cube floats

• Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height

• Size of the ice cube

Scientists call the organized ways they answer questions the _________________________ .

• scientific method

• scientific explanation

• scientific notation

• scientific guesses

The first step of the scientific method is to make a(n) ____________ of something in the world.

• observation

• paper airplane

• hypothesis

• conclusion

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data

• conclusions

• notebook

• inquiry

In a well designed experiment, you should change how many variables?

• only one

• no more than two

• none at all

• as many as are needed

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The change that happens because of your experiment is called the ___________ variable.

• independent

• dependent

• controlled