Scientific Method Vocabulary

Match the vocabulary word to its correct description:

• Identify the problem, what do you want to know?

• Research

• What do you think will happen? Make a prediction based on your information you have collected.

• Experiment

• To look in detailed a topic, event, or person that catches your attention.

• Hypothesis

• Develop procedures to test your hypothesis. Record your information.

• Observation

• What other background information do you need to understand the problem?

• Question

Fill in the blank: Review, reflect, or go over all your data collected throughout the experiment to come out with an overall result of your findings. This step is called ________.

• Analyze Data

• Formulate Hypothesis

• Make Observations

• Draw Conclusions

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Fill in the blank: Do your data/observations support hypothesis? Summarize your experiments and results. This step is called ________.

• Conclusion

• Observation

• Prediction

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions

• hypothesis
• observation
• experiment
• scientific method

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Which step does the picture represent?

• Experiment
• Analysis
• Conclusion
• Research

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

After scientists draw a conclusion, what do they do at the end of the scientific method?

• analyze data

• write down observations

• do an experiment

• share results with other scientists

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A student is trying to determine if a certain beetle will help control the population of a harmful plant species. Which sequence of steps would be best suited for this investigation?

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Directions: Choose which of the following steps of the Scientific Method matches the example.

First, read your lab. Next, put on your safety equipment. Then gather all your supplies.

• procedure

• hypothesis

• conclusion

What is the step in the scientific method that leads to a hypothisis?

• Educated Guess

• Theory

• Observation

• Design

3. The graph shown indicates the points obtain by team A and Team B.This is an example of:

• observation

  
  

• hypothesis

• data being collected

• conclusion