Ms. Smedley & Mr. Bartolone’s Scientific Method Jeopardy

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What is the scientific method? 1-100

Click Anywhere to Continue The process used to find answers to questions about the world around us Click Anywhere to Continue

Which step involves testing a hypothesis? 1-200

Click Anywhere to Continue Experiment Click Anywhere to Continue

What do you need to do before you write a conclusion? 1-300

Click Anywhere to Continue Analyze Data Click Anywhere to Continue

Before you can do anything with the Scientific Method, you have to have a... 1-400

Click Anywhere to Continue Observation / Problem / Question Click Anywhere to Continue

What are the steps of the Scientific Method? 1-500

Click Anywhere to Continue Observation Hypothesis Experiment Analyze Data Conclusion Communicate Results Click Anywhere to Continue

What is an Observation? 2-100

Click Anywhere to Continue Gathering information using one or more of your 5 senses. Describing a fact. Click Anywhere to Continue

What is an Inference? 2-200

Click Anywhere to Continue A logical interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge. Not a fact. Click Anywhere to Continue

What is the following an example of: “My car is very fast” 2-300

Click Anywhere to Continue Inference Click Anywhere to Continue

What is the following an example of: There are 4 windows in the classroom. 2-400

Click Anywhere to Continue Observation Click Anywhere to Continue

When do you describe things as you see them and include facts? 2-500

Click Anywhere to Continue When making Observations Click Anywhere to Continue

What is Quantitative Data? 3-100

Click Anywhere to Continue Data that CAN be measured. Click Anywhere to Continue

What is Qualitative Data? 3-200

Click Anywhere to Continue Data that CANNOT be measured Click Anywhere to Continue

What is the following an example of: My textbook is 27cm long. 3-300

Click Anywhere to Continue Quantitative Data Click Anywhere to Continue

What is the following an example of: The sun is very bright 3-400

Click Anywhere to Continue Qualitative Data Click Anywhere to Continue

Give an example of both Qualitative and Quantitative Data… 3-500

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What is a Variable? 4-100

Click Anywhere to Continue Any part of an experiment that can change Click Anywhere to Continue

What is a Control? 4-200

Click Anywhere to Continue A part of the experiment that is NOT being tested and is used for comparison Click Anywhere to Continue

What is an Independent Variable? 4-300

Click Anywhere to Continue The part of the experiment that is CHANGED by the scientist doing the experiment Click Anywhere to Continue

What is a Dependent Variable? 4-400

Click Anywhere to Continue The part of the experiment that is AFFECTED by the independent variable Click Anywhere to Continue

In our Bacteria Lab, what was the Independent Variable? 4-500

Click Anywhere to Continue The areas tested Click Anywhere to Continue

What is a Scientific Theory? 5-100

Click Anywhere to Continue A hypothesis which has been tested over and over and yields the same results Click Anywhere to Continue

What type of data do we use when analyzing results? 5-200

Click Anywhere to Continue Quantitative & Qualitative Click Anywhere to Continue

What is the 4th step of the Scientific Method? 5-300

Click Anywhere to Continue Analyze Results Click Anywhere to Continue

What do we use the Scientific Method for? 5-400

Click Anywhere to Continue Answering questions we have…. Click Anywhere to Continue

Give an example of when you would use the Scientific Method outside of our class… 5-500

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