Review game Scientific Method and Inquiry

Which of the following most accurately represents a scientific theory?

• a proven scientific explanation that can only be changed if backed by new scientific evidence.
• a proven scientific explanation that can never be changed once made.
• what doctors tell the public.
• the opinions of a group of scientists talking together on a news program.

(True or False: ) When you think about a problem and come to a conclusion based on what you saw on TV or the internet, you are making a scientific theory.

• a. True
• b. False

(True or False:) A hypothesis will always be proven to be true.

• True
• False

(True or False:) For someone to claim something is a proven scientific fact, it must be backed by solid evidence.

• true
• false

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(True or False) You will create your hypothesis based on the data you obtained in your experiment.

• True
• False

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What is the independent variable in this experiment testing the effects of alcohol use on the liver? Mice in the control group received no alcohol and was compared to the experimental group consisting of mice were given different amounts of alcohol daily for three months to see if it affected liver health. All other conditions were kept the same such as time tested, food given, temperature of the room, etc.

• level of liver damage detected based on the liver enzyme data
• the amount of food given to each mouse
• the time of day each mouse was tested
• the different concentrations of alcohol assigned to each mouse

True or False: For a hypothesis to be valid it must be testable.

• True
• False

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Which if the following is not one of your five senses used in making observations?

• touch
• taste
• pain
• smell
• sight

You observe your friend walking into class with water spots on her clothing and damp hair. You heard rumbling earlier, so you make a(n) ___________ that she got rained on walking from her car.

• direct observation
• inference
• hypothesis
• scientific theory

Steps of the Scientific Method: Ricardo was walking around his garden trying to figure out what is causing his plants to die. He made some initial observations of the plants and thought possibly it has something to do with the type of fertilizer he used and figured he could set up an experiment to test different three types of fertilizers to see how they affected the plants. What step should complete next?

• measure he health and growth of each plant for 21 days
• draw conclusions on which fertilizer his plants grew best in
• write an hypothesis on how he thinks each fertilizer type will affect his plants.
• collect and organize his data in a table