Scientific Inquiry Process

What is the first thing you need to do before making your testable question?

• Analysis

• Conclusions

• Hypothesis

• Observations

• Experiment

How do I write a Hypothesis?

• I think___________because__________

• If ___(cause)_____then____(effect)___ because___(reasoning)

• If ___(effect)_____then____(cause)___ because___(reasoning)

• I believe that______________

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis

• question/problem

• procedures

• conclusion

After collecting data, a scientist needs to spend time on ​ (a)   to try to make sense of what they recorded.

• question

• hypothesis

• test/investigate/experiment

• analysis

• conclusion

• communication

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A possible explanation for a problem that has not yet been tested is known as a ___________.

• data

• theory

• hypothesis

• fact

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

• data

• theory

• hypothesis

• fact

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

• data

• theory

• hypothesis

• fact

The steps commonly used by scientists in gathering information to test hypotheses and solve problems are called _____.

• scientific inquiry

• hypothesis

• scientific method

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: 

• theory

• experiment 

• observation

• hypothesis