WorksheetsThe Scientific Method
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the correct order of the scientific method? (1 is first, 5 is last)
Question/Forming a Hypothesis
Experiment
Analyzing Results
Reaching Conclusions
Communicating Results
Which of these could NOT potentially be data from an experiment that you would analyze during the Analyze Results step of the Scientific Method during class?
The length of 55 mm
The gas was red
How many students will Mr. McGowan see texting during class before taking a phone to the office?
The temperature was 117 degrees fahrenheit
All of these are ways Mr. McGowan can make me communicate results EXCEPT
Asking you to share with the class
Asking you to write up a response
Asking you to create a rap video online about the experiment
Asking you to go to the grocery store and buy him Fuji Apples
When in the question step, you must ask a (a) question.
The INDEPENDENT variable is all of the following BUT
A variable that must be kept the SAME.
The difference between control and experimental groups.
The difference between the two things you're running tests on.
The variable that is CHANGED by the scientist.
The scientific method is what? (Select all correct answers
The method that has some science in it
A scientists way of understanding their surroundings
A scientists way of answering questions
The way scientists do way too much work to answer a simple question
When forming a hypothesis, it is based on prior (a)
When forming a hypothesis, it is asked in the form of "__/____" statements
(a)
When experimenting, you must create a (a) to test your hypothesis
When analyzing your results, you're asking yourself, "What do my measurements (a) ?"
Match the step to the definition of the step
Question
A testable question
Form a Hypothesis
Based on prior knowledge, in the form of "If/Then" Statements
Experiment
Creating a plan to test your hypothesis
Analysis & Conclusions
What do your measurements mean, and what do they prove?
Communicating Results
Sharing your knowledge so others may repeat or create follow up experiments
When you are reaching conclusions, you're asking yourself what does your experiment (a) ?
A control variable is
a variable kept the same through multiple trials
a variable intentionally changed by the scientist
a variable measured in an experiment
a variable that needs to be controlled because it's too wild
When you're in the reach conclusions step, you're asking yourself "How does my data provide (a) ?"
A DEPENDENT variable is one that is (a) in an experiment
The DEPENDENT variable is all of the following BUT
The variable that is MEASURED in an experiment
The data that is collected
The variable that is CHANGED by the scientist
The results of the test.
Why are control variables important?
They make sure there's differences in the experiments to make it fun
They make sure no one gets too loud
They make sure that the experiment is only testing one change at a time
They make sure experiments are unpredictable by being uncontrolled
Why am I going to clean up the floor next time there's a lab? (Select ALL correct answers)
It's not Mr. McGowan's job to clean up my scraps
It's not Mr. McGowan's job to clean up my food wrappers
It's not the janitors job to clean up my scraps or food wrappers
It's breaking Mr. McGowan's one rule of mutual respect.
When you communicate results, you (a) your knowledge so others may benefit from what you've learned
Why is it important to have a clean workstation for lab? (Select ALL correct answers)
So that way no one is endanger of slipping on material left on the ground and hurting themselves
So that way all groups can have a positive work environment
So that way cleanup is simplified at the end of class
So that way I can mess it up and Mr. McGowan will just clean it later.
In a hypothesis, the statement that follows the "If" is the ___________ variable
Dependent
Independent
Control
Fixed
In a hypothesis, the statement that follows the "Then" is the _________ variable
Dependent
Independent
Control
Fixed
In a controlled experiment, how many independent variables are you testing at a time?
1
2
3
As many as you can
Review: When should you be wearing safety glasses in lab? (Select all correct answers)
When Mr. McGowan tells me to
When I feel like it
When it is stated in the directions for the lab
When I'm handling glass and/or chemicals
Preview: About how old is the Earth?
2022 Years Old
4,000,000 Years Old
4,600,000,000 Years Old
Older than time itself
