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WorksheetsScientific method basics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Parts of the experiment that are kept the same in both the control and experimental groups.
variable
constants
hypothesis
experiment
What is an observation?
Something you measure or detect with your senses.
The way you feel about something
An educated guess
A theory that has been disproved
A scientist is conducting an experiment to see how unusually cold air affects insect behavior. Which group in the experiment would be considered the "control" group.
The group of insects living in yheir "normal" temperature.
The group of insects living in the "colder" temperature.
Suppose your friends went to the beach at noon on a warm day. They saw some black and white birds. As you are talking to you friend you think " The birds were black and white". Is this an observation or an inference?
observation
inference
It's December.
Observation
Inference
14,700 cm = ___ m
147
14.7
1,470
1.47
147,000
You want to test which soil will help grass grow the tallest. The height of the grown grass is the __________ variable.
independent
dependent
Jon set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.
who sets up the experiment
height of the ramp
mass of the ball
distance traveled by the ball
"Do tomatoes grow faster under fluorescent, incandescent, or natural light?"
What is the independent variable?
type of light
rate of growth
