Scientific Method Question Preview (ID: 58646)


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The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).
a) data
b) information
c) observation
d) hypothesis

Anything that may affect the results of an experiment
a) variables
b) data
c) hypothesis
d) experiment

A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.
a) Height that the ball bounces
b) speed
c) gravity
d)

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.
a) hypothesis
b) experiment
c) data
d) chart

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. It is the only variable that is different between groups.
a) independent variable
b) dependent variable
c) hypothesis
d) experiment

What is the variable that we are measuring and collecting data about in an experiment?
a) Dependent
b) independent
c) data
d) conclusion

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. The fact that we kept the light, plant, and water the same in each experiment are examples of
a) constants
b) variable
c) chart
d) graph

What is an observation?
a) Something you measure or detect with your senses.
b) hypothesis
c) data
d) conclusion

A scientific observation is:
a) Based on facts
b) impossible
c) testable
d) fake

An educated guess in science is called a/an
a) hypothesis
b) data
c) control
d) variable

An observation that is measurable and made with tools (such as a ruler or scale) is what type
a) quantitative
b) qualitative
c) observable
d) data

What is the scientific method?
a) A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment
b) hard to do
c) an experiment
d) testable

A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions is
a) the scientific method
b) an experiment
c) observation
d) hypothesis

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