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WorksheetsThe Scientific Method
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
After making observations and asking a question, what is the next step in the scientific method where you make an educated guess what the answer to your question will be?
Observe (Ask a ?)
Hypothesize
Report
Analyze
After making a hypothesis, what is the next step in the scientific method, where you test your hypothesis?
Experiment
Hypothesize
Report
Analyze
After conducting your experiment, what is the next step in the scientific method, where you look over the data you collected?
Experiment
Hypothesize
Report Results
Analyze and Draw Conclusions
What is the final step in the scientific method, when you share what you have found out?
Make Observations
Hypothesize
Report your Results
Analyze and Draw Conclusions
What does the first step of the scientific method, observe, mean?
Make an educated guess
Look around and ask a question
Test the question
Look at the results
What does it mean to analyze and draw conclusions?
What does it mean to report the results?
Which word below is what you keep the same in an experiment (Good experiments have a lot of these)?
Control
Constant
Independent Variable
Inference
Which word below is what is normal to compare your experiment results to?
Control
Constant
Independent Variable
Inference
Which answer below is a quantitative observation?
The book is ten centimeters long.
The plant looks healthy.
The plant is green and has shiny leaves.
The chair is blue.
Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. What is his independent variable?
The brand of gum
Size of bubbles
Amount of bubbles
Number of pieces of gum
Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. What is his dependent variable?
The brand of gum
Diameter of bubbles
Amount of bubbles
Number of pieces of gum
Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. What is his control?
The different brands of gum
Size of bubbles
Amount of bubbles
The normal brand of gum he chews
Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. Which answer below would NOT be a constant in his experiment?
The different brands of gum
Time the gum is chewed
Method used to measure the bubbles
The number of trials
Which answer below is an example of an inference?
The cat is grey and white.
There are four cats on the porch.
The cats are hungry.
There are two small cats and two large cats.
Which answer is a quantitative observation?
There are twenty students in the class.
The sky is yellow.
The grass is purple.
The sun is pink.
Which answer is a qualitative observation?
There are twenty students in the class.
The sky is yellow.
The string is 15 centimeters long.
The sun is 93 million miles from Earth.
What is the independent variable of this experiment?
The type of plant
The temperature
The color of light
The height of the plant
What would be a reasonable dependent variable for this experiment?
The type of plant
The temperature
The color of light
The height of the plant
Check ALL of the answers below that the person conducting this experiment would have to keep constant.
The type of plant
The time under the lights
The color of light
The amount of water
Looking at this experiment, what would be a good control to compare the results to?
The type of plant
The red light
A white light
The amount of water
