Scientific Method

1. 1st step of the scientific method

A) Write a hypothesis
B) Design and do the experiment
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Identify the problem and state the question

2. 2nd step of the scientific method

A) Write a hypothesis
B) Design and do the experiment
C) Research or collect information
D) Analyze the data

3. 3rd step of the scientific method

A) Design and do the experiment
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Identify the problem
D) Write a hypothesis

4. 4th step of the scientific method

A) Design or plan the experiment
B) Identify the problem
C) Test the hypothesis
D) Write a hypothesis

5. 5th step of the scientific method

A) Do the experiment
B) Analyze the data
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Design or plan the experiment

6. Always in question form

A) The problem you are going to study
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Do the experiment
D) Design or plan the experiment

7. Always in sentence or statement form, an If ...., then .... statement

A) Design or plan the experiment
B) Identify the problem
C) Write a formal hypothesis
D) Analyze the data and write the conclusion

8. What must be specific and testable

A) The problem
B) The data and the conclusion
C) The experiment
D) The hypothesis

9. When do you write the steps or procedures

A) During the write a conclusion step
B) During the test the hypothesis step
C) During the do the experiment step
D) During the identify the problem step

10. At what point do you collect data - either numbers or observations

A) Analyze the data and write the conclusion
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) When testing the hypothesis

11. When do you organize the data to analyze it

A) Record and study the data
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Identify the problem
D) Design or plan the experiment

12. You must refer back to the hypothesis when writing this

A) Write the conclusion
B) Do the experiment
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Identify the problem

13. Hypothesis is either accepted or rejected when you do this

A) Write a hypothesis
B) Do the experiment
C) Identify the problem
D) Write the conclusion

14. The reason that we use the scientific method

A) It allows scientists to collect and process information
B) It is used so that the experiment can be repeated by others
C) It is a consistent way of doing things in science
D) All of the reasons listed

15. 6th step of the scientific method

A) Draw a conclusion and communicate it
B) Do the experiment
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Analyze the data

16. This variable is manipulated or changed during the experiment

A) Independent variable
B) Control variable
C) Undesirable variable
D) Dependent variable

17. The value of this variable changes because of what you add or manipulate in the experiment

A) Temperature variable
B) Control variable
C) Dependent variable
D) Neutral variable

18. Part of the experiment not changed or used for comparison

A) Evidence
B) Claim
C) Control
D) Model

19. Information collected during an experiment either numerical or observational

A) Measure
B) Control
C) Data
D) Claim

20. To draw a conclusion from facts or observations

A) Infer
B) Testable
C) Prediction
D) Sampling

21. A factor or value that always remains the same

A) Evidence
B) Constant
C) Prediction
D) Repeatable

22. A series of steps in an experiment used to test a hypothesis

A) Sampling
B) Communicate
C) Results
D) Procedure

23. An experiment that will similar results when it is done

A) Prediction
B) Repeatable
C) Model
D) Interpolate

24. A kind of test that scientists use to discover or prove something

A) Extrapolate
B) Eliminate
C) Estimate
D) Experiment

25. What you see, hear, notice, detect or smell when doing an experiment

A) Infer
B) Observation
C) Model
D) Evidence

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