Scientific Inquiry

What step of Scientific Inquiry is this?

• Ask a Question

• Form a hypothesis

• Conduct an Experiment

• Draw a conclusion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

You water three sunflower plants with salt water. Each plant receives a different concentrations of salt solutions. A fourth plant receives pure water. After a two week period, the height of the sunflower is measured.

What is the independent variable?

• The water with different concentrations of salt

• Height of the sunflowers

• The pure water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

You water three sunflower plants with salt water. Each plant receives a different concentrations of salt solutions. A fourth plant receives pure water. After a two week period, the height of the sunflower is measured. What is the dependent variable?

• The water with different concentrations of salt

• The pure water

• Height of the sunflowers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What does it mean to "draw a conclusion"?

• Explain the steps of your experiment.

• decide if your data supports/refutes your hypothesis and summarize what you learned through your experiment.

• Collect all of your data and make a chart.

• Draw a picture of what you did during your experiment.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Nelson recorded that the soap had a strong scent, this was ________________.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• prediction

• hypothesis

When you make a prediction, you are _______________.

• making an evaluation

• guessing

• making a statement about the future

• making an inference

Process that uses a set of skills to answer questions or test ideas.

• scientific inquiry

• data

• infer

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The first step in scientific inquiry.

• question

• experiment

• variable

A summary of the information gained from testing a hypothesis.

• conclusion

• variable

• infer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Any factor that can affect an experiment.

• variable

• question

• prediction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2