WorksheetsScientific Method Quiz Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
What are the six steps to the scientific method?
(a)
Getting information using the 5 senses is known as an....
Observation
Inference
A conclusion that is drawn by the observation that one has made is known as an...
Observation
Inference
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a hypothesis?
An idea that is given as an “If...then...statement”
An idea that can be proven or disproven
An idea that can never be proven
A testable idea that leads to a scientific investigation
Everything in an experiment BUT the one thing you are testing that stays the same is known as the...
Example: If you are testing the effect of the amount of water on plant growth, factors such as amount of sunlight, plant type, and moisture must stay the SAME.
Constant
Variable
Control Group
Experimental Group
The “Normal” group in an experiment. You can COMPARE your results to this one (nothing happened to it).
Example: If you are testing the effect of the amount of water on plant growth, this group of plants receives the recommended amount of water.
Constant
Variable
Control Group
Experimental Group
The group you are testing in an experiment is known as the...
Example: If you are testing the effect of the amount of water on plant growth, this group of plants receives no water and one group of plants receives lots of water.
Constant
Variable
Control Group
Experimental Group
The thing in an experiment that is being tested and that you are IN CONTROL OF is known as the...
Example: If you are testing the effect of the amount of water on plant growth, this would be the amount of water given to the plant.
Constant
Control Group
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
The thing in an experiment that is being measured and DEPENDS on what you do to it.
Example: If you are testing the effect of the amount of water on plant growth, this would be the the amount of plant growth.
Control Group
Constant
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
A preference or favor towards a particular result is known as a(n)
Bias
Error
Mistakes (usually by accident) that can change data is known as a(n)...
Bias
Error
What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE for the following statement?
"What effect does the amount of water have on plant growth?"
Amount of Water
Plant Growth
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE for the following statement?
"What effect does the amount of water have on plant growth?"
Amount of Water
Plant Growth
Write a possible HYPOTHESIS for the following problem using the format if...then...because...
"What effect does the amount of water have on plant growth?"
(a)
What is the key word that you should be looking for when trying to identify the constants in an experiment?
Same
Different
A problem statement is written in the format: The effect of the __________ variable on the _____________ variable
Independent; dependent
Dependent; independent
Miss Goldstein wanted to see which was the best laundry detergent. She took 100 tee shirts that had the same size ketchup stains across the front. She separated the shirts into groups of 20. She washed each group of shirts in cold water for 30 minutes. She added no detergent to group A. She added detergent A to the second group, detergent B to the third group, detergent C to the fourth group, and detergent D to the fifth group. She measured the average size of the stain after washing the shirts in each group.
What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
(a)
Miss Goldstein wanted to see which was the best laundry detergent. She took 100 tee shirts that had the same size ketchup stains across the front. She separated the shirts into groups of 20. She washed each group of shirts in cold water for 30 minutes. She added no detergent to group A. She added detergent A to the second group, detergent B to the third group, detergent C to the fourth group, and detergent D to the fifth group. She measured the average size of the stain after washing the shirts in each group.
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
(a)
Miss Goldstein wanted to see which was the best laundry detergent. She took 100 tee shirts that had the same size ketchup stains across the front. She separated the shirts into groups of 20. She washed each group of shirts in cold water for 30 minutes. She added no detergent to group A. She added detergent A to the second group, detergent B to the third group, detergent C to the fourth group, and detergent D to the fifth group. She measured the average size of the stain after washing the shirts in each group.
What is the CONTROL GROUP?
(a)
Miss Goldstein wanted to see which was the best laundry detergent. She took 100 tee shirts that had the same size ketchup stains across the front. She separated the shirts into groups of 20. She washed each group of shirts in cold water for 30 minutes. She added no detergent to group A. She added detergent A to the second group, detergent B to the third group, detergent C to the fourth group, and detergent D to the fifth group. She measured the average size of the stain after washing the shirts in each group.
What are the EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS?
(a)
Miss Goldstein wanted to see which was the best laundry detergent. She took 100 tee shirts that had the same size ketchup stains across the front. She separated the shirts into groups of 20. She washed each group of shirts in cold water for 30 minutes. She added no detergent to group A. She added detergent A to the second group, detergent B to the third group, detergent C to the fourth group, and detergent D to the fifth group. She measured the average size of the stain after washing the shirts in each group.
What variables are kept CONSTANT?
(a)
