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Worksheetsthe Scientific Method
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
What is the Scientific Method?
A process that involves making predictions and doing cool experiments
A way to explain something
The name for a series of steps
A process that scientists use to better understand the world around them.
Which step of the scientific method often uses 'if'...'then' sentences?
the Hypothesis
Research
the Problem
the Conclusion
In a controlled experiment, how many variables are tested at a time?
Two
Three or more
One
It depends what you're testing
A science student hypothesizes that tomatoes grown with music playing will have more tomatoes than those without music.
What is the Independant variable?
Music played to tomatoes
The amount of tomatoes
The soil they are grown in
The type of tomato
The control group is
The group using the independant variable
The goup that the scientist is controlling
The group left alone and not experimented on
The group that gives the data
The last step in the Scientific method is
To make an observation
To reach a conclusion
To examine the data
To design an experiment
What is an experiment?
A way to test your hypothesis
A way to create a result
Doing a procedure that has never been done
A way to get in a medical journal
A hypothesis is
A prediction
A possible explanation for an observation
An educated guess
All 3 other answers
An Ag student thinks her pigs will gain more weight eating a wet food rather than their usual dry pellets. She dedides to test it. Which group is the control group?
The pigs on wet food
The pigs she feeds first
The pigs in the largest pen
The pigs eating their usual dry pellets
Scientific Law is
A theory that the government has voted on
A hypothesis that has been tested many times
An observed pattern in nature that has been tested and is universally accepted as true
Laws that have been passed down since ancient times
The second (2nd) step of the Scientific Method is
Making an observation
Examining data
Designing an experiment
Doing research
The variable that gets measured and shows results is
the Dependant Variable
the Independant variable
the Constant
The Control
Hypothesis:
Fish oil in your diet will improve your memory.
1) What is the Independant variable?
2) What is the dependant variable?
1) Memory
2) Fish oil in diet
1)Memory
2)Results of memory test
1) The brand of fish oil
2) Memory
1) Fish oil in diet
2) Memory
What is most important in an experiement?
Making sure all factors are the same in both groups except the Independant variable
Making sure the dependant variable is something important
Making sure you have the right software
Making sure the dependant variable is used in the experimental group
Which go together? 1) Control group 2) Experimental group
3) Independant variable 4) Dependant variable
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 3
3 and 4
