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scientific in vestigation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how many steps are there in scientfic investigation | 5 |
| What is the first step for the scientific investigation | to form a hypothesis |
| what is a hypothesis | a hypothesis is a possible explanation for a set of observations or a possilbe answer to a specific question |
| how is a hypothesis usually formatted | in a statement and the statement must be testable to prove it is correct or incorrect |
| What is the second step for the scientific investigation | To test your hypothesis |
| what do scientists use experiements for | to test a hypthesis |
| What are variables | all facotrs that can change the experiment |
| what is the controll | an experiment where one variable is not changed and left alone |
| True/False: Variables in control vary to the experiement group | True |
| What is the third step for the scientific investigation | to collect the data |
| what do many observations include | Sight, hearing, touch, and smell |
| Often, scientists might use ..... to make their observations more precise | tools |
| what are some examples of tools scientists might use | balance, graduated cylinder, microscope, spring scale, themometer, and test tube |
| What is the next step for the scientific investigation | to interpret the data |
| True/False: when an experiment is done, data is not important | False |
| What are some things they might use to organize the data | graphs, charts, and tables |
| What is the last step for the scientific investigation | To communicate the results |
| what is one benefit of communicating the results | so other scientits can learn from one another |
| what is one benefit of the scientific investigation | to state the problem and refine the problem |
| what is antoher benefit of the scientific investigation | to make observations and test the hypothesis |