1. What is the Scientific Method? Video Quiz
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2. While following the steps of the scientific method, when are measurements taken?
Just before the hypothesis is made.
During the experimental stage.
Right after a scientific law is composed.
Half way through developing a theory. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

3. The scientific method is
found and explained on year-old Egyptian temple walls.
used by a small, select group in only the largest universities.
made up of five steps.
not used by scientists who have the best laboratories. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

4. Part of the experimental stage in the program occurred when the experimenter
observed ice melting on different materials.
said her hypothesis was wrong because the data did not fit her prediction.
wondered what kind of material will melt ice.
thought ice would melt on a piece of glass first. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

5. The hypothesis is a list of materials needed in the experiment.
always right.
the last part of the experiment.
an educated guess. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

6. The scientific method
should only be used for the most complex problems.
is not very useful today.
is seldom used by people doing research.
could be used by almost anyone. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

7. A conclusion in the scientific method is based on what
a committee thought would be a reasonable answer.
was observed in the experiment.
theories in the past had been proposed.
a person expected would happen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

8. A new hypothesis may be made when
too many hours are being spent gathering equipment.
an experiment demonstrate the original hypothesis to be false.
there is not enough time to do the experiment.
the equipment breaks down and does not work. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

9. Scientists believe scientific knowledge should be based on
long held beliefs.
many years of experience.
experiments that record accurate data.
a vote by an educated group of people. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

10. One of the benefits of the scientific method is that it can be used for
checking the results of a person’s experiment.
predicting the chances of rain in the future.
learning about future stock prices.
finding the best places to go fishing. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

11. Most hypothesis are usually
neither right nor wrong.
right all the time.
right half the time.
wrong. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16