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scientific method

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the independent variable?

a)

what is being manipulated

b)

what is being measured in an experiment

2.

what is the dependent variable?

a)

what is being measured in an experiment

b)

what's being manipulated

3.

Which is a theory?

a)

used to explain complex processes not easily quantifiable. (facts, concepts, laws)

b)

generalizations of observational data (describes patterns)

4.

what is a law?

a)

Generalizations of observational data (describes patterns)

b)

used to explain complex processes not easily quantifiable

5.

Which are parts of making a conclusion?

a)

Report the results

b)

accept or reject your hypothesis

c)

ways to improve procedure or expand research

d)

draw a graph

6.

What do variables do?

a)

They change during an experiment

b)

They stay the same during an experiment

c)

They wiggle around

d)

They eat the experiment

7.

What is a constant?

a)

They change during an experiment

b)

they make a graph

c)

They stay the same during an experiment

d)

do not change in an experiment

8.

Hypothesis should be an

a)

if..then.. statement

b)

true/false

9.

The independent variable on a graph is usually represented by..

a)

X

b)

Y

10.

The dependent variable on a graph is usually represented by..

a)

X

b)

Y