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Scientific Meth.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the scientific method? | A way to solve a problem |
| What are the 5 steps of the scientific Method in order? | 1. Problem 2. Hypothesis 3. Experiment 4. Observations 5. Conclusion |
| What do we call the question that is to be answered? | Problem |
| What do we call an educated guess? | Hypothesis |
| What do we call a test we perform to see if our hypothesis was accurate? | Experiment |
| All the things you need to conduct the experiment are called | Materials |
| The list of steps that you following during an experiment are called: | Procedures |
| What do we call everything you see, smell, taste, touch or hear? | Observation |
| What is the answer to your problem called? | Conclusion |
| Something that CHANGES in an experiment is called a: | Variable |
| What do we call the part of the experiment that is PURPOSELY changed by the experimentor (what we are testing)? | Independent Variable |
| What do we call the part of the experiment that changes as a result of what we changed (what we are measuring)? | Dependent Variable |
| What do we call the parts of an experiment that we keep the same for every group? | Constants |
| What do we call the group without the independent variable that is used to compare our results to? | Control Group |
| Observations or measurements you make during an experiment are called your: | Data |
| An opinion about what might be happening based on your observations is an | Inference |
| A random guess about the future is called a | Prediction |
| How do you find the volume of an irregular shaped object (like a rock)? | Calculate how much the water rises in a graduated cylinder |
| Something that CHANGES in an experiment is called a: | |
| Why should you repeat an experiment? | |
| What makes a fair test? | Changing only ONE thing. (ONE independent variable) |
| To better see the relationship between our variables | |
| What is a qualitative observation? | |
| What is a quantitative observation? | A description of matter that DOES involve numbers. |
| How must a hypothesis always be written? | If....then I think....because.... |
| What words should you use when writing an inference? | Perhaps, maybe, possibly |
| What words should you use when writing an observation? | I think, I see, I smell, I taste, or I feel |
| What type of observation is "the block is smooth, blue in color, and shiny"? | Qualitative |
| What type of observation is "there are 6 blocks stacked 12 cm high"? | Quantitative |
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