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What is research?
a) putting the parts of your writing in an order that makes sense
b) letting other people read your writing
c) how your words look on the paper; the lay-out
d) finding information about your topic

Which of the following is a type of research method used in primary research?
a) experiment
b) observation
c) survey
d) all of these

A hypothesis...
a) Can be completely proven
b) is a possible answer to a question, tested through an experiment
c) does not have to be tested to be accepted as probably correct
d) a proven fact

A good hypothesis is always written in an “______________, ___________________” statement.
a) If ...., then ....
b) I predict .... will occur
c) I think ...., then
d) I predict ... then

How do you find the average of 4 different numbers?
a) Add them together.
b) Add them to get the sum of the numbers, then divide by 4
c) Guess
d) Write them all down and look at the middle number.

This is where you compare your results to your hypothesis to see if your evidence supports or rejects your hypothesis.
a) conclusion
b) inferrence
c) hypothesis
d) guess

After you have completed your experiment, you make a conclusion. What is a conclusion?
a) A question
b) What you learned from the experiment
c) A prediction
d)

Which of the following is a good way to analyze data?
a) organize it into charts and graphs and do calculations if necessary
b) check it over and then copy it
c) put it away for a few months to see if it makes more sense later
d) try to find some way to make it support your hypothesis

What is the purpose or problem?
a) What the scientist trying to figure
b) What the scientist changes
c) What the scientist is measuring
d) A prediction about what will happen

What section of an experiment sheet includes the list of instructions for performing the experiment?
a) Procedures
b) Hypothesis
c) Variables
d) Conclusion

The information that is collected during an experiement
a) Data
b) Variable
c) Control
d) Hypothesis

The one factor you change in an experiement is the:
a) controlled variables
b) independent variable
c) dependent variable
d) sample size

The dependent variable is the part of the experiement that the scientist
a) always does the same
b) intentionally changes
c) leaves out
d) measures and observes

What is a constant
a) Something that stays the same during the experiment
b) What the scientist changes
c) What the scientist is measuring
d) The group that the scientist does nothing to

This scientific method is
a) a method to become a scientist.
b) a method to be a science teacher.
c) a series of steps used to evaluate other scientists.
d) a series of steps scientists use to solve problems.

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