Scientific Method
  • 1. 1st step of the scientific method
A) Identify the problem and state the question
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Design and do the experiment
  • 2. 2nd step of the scientific method
A) Design and do the experiment
B) Analyze the data
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Research or collect information
  • 3. 3rd step of the scientific method
A) Design and do the experiment
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Identify the problem
  • 4. 4th step of the scientific method
A) Identify the problem
B) Test the hypothesis
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Design or plan the experiment
  • 5. 5th step of the scientific method
A) Write a hypothesis
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Do the experiment
D) Analyze the data
  • 6. Always in question form
A) Write a hypothesis
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Do the experiment
D) The problem you are going to study
  • 7. Always in sentence or statement form, an If ...., then .... statement
A) Design or plan the experiment
B) Write a formal hypothesis
C) Analyze the data and write the conclusion
D) Identify the problem
  • 8. What must be specific and testable
A) The experiment
B) The hypothesis
C) The data and the conclusion
D) The problem
  • 9. When do you write the steps or procedures
A) During the do the experiment step
B) During the identify the problem step
C) During the write a conclusion step
D) During the test the hypothesis step
  • 10. At what point do you collect data - either numbers or observations
A) Analyze the data and write the conclusion
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Write a hypothesis
D) When testing the hypothesis
  • 11. When do you organize the data to analyze it
A) Identify the problem
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Record and study the data
  • 12. You must refer back to the hypothesis when writing this
A) Design or plan the experiment
B) Do the experiment
C) Identify the problem
D) Write the conclusion
  • 13. Hypothesis is either accepted or rejected when you do this
A) Write a hypothesis
B) Identify the problem
C) Write the conclusion
D) Do the experiment
  • 14. The reason that we use the scientific method
A) It is a consistent way of doing things in science
B) It is used so that the experiment can be repeated by others
C) It allows scientists to collect and process information
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) Dependent variable
B) Independent variable
C) Undesirable variable
D) Control variable
  • 17. The value of this variable changes because of what you add or manipulate in the experiment
A) Dependent variable
B) Neutral variable
C) Temperature variable
D) Control variable
  • 18. Part of the experiment not changed or used for comparison
A) Claim
B) Model
C) Control
D) Evidence
  • 19. Information collected during an experiment either numerical or observational
A) Control
B) Data
C) Measure
D) Claim
  • 20. To draw a conclusion from facts or observations
A) Prediction
B) Infer
C) Testable
D) Sampling
  • 21. A factor or value that always remains the same
A) Evidence
B) Constant
C) Repeatable
D) Prediction
  • 22. A series of steps in an experiment used to test a hypothesis
A) Results
B) Communicate
C) Procedure
D) Sampling
  • 23. An experiment that will similar results when it is done
A) Prediction
B) Interpolate
C) Repeatable
D) Model
  • 24. A kind of test that scientists use to discover or prove something
A) Eliminate
B) Extrapolate
C) Estimate
D) Experiment
  • 25. What you see, hear, notice, detect or smell when doing an experiment
A) Evidence
B) Infer
C) Model
D) Observation
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