1. Scientific Method Test Review

2. What is the six step process used by scientists to solve problems

3. Answer: Scientific Method

4. What is an aspect of an experiment that changes as a result of the experiment and not because the scientist purposely changed it

5. Answer: Dependent Variable

6. What are measurements or other observations recorded during an experiment

7. Answer: Data

8. What is an educated guess as to what the results of the experiment will be

9. Answer: Hypothesis

10. What do we call results of an experiment reached after analyzing the data collected

11. Answer: Conclusion

12. What is a fact that can be proven to be true using the five senses

13. Answer: Observation

14. What is the purpose of the experiment; the question the scientist is trying to find the answer to

15. Answer: Problem

16. What is an aspect of an experiment that the scientist keeps the same

17. Answer: Constant

18. What is the process used to investigate the problem using hands-on methods; follows a set of specific procedures or instructions

19. Answer: Experiment

20. What is an aspect of an experiment that the scientist purposely changes

21. Answer: Independent Variable

22. What graph would be used to represent percentages?

23. Answer: Pie Chart

24. If you are measuring in centimeters, you are measuring an objects what?

25. Answer: Length or Width

26. What type of graph would you use to compare differences between data?

27. Answer: Bar Graph

28. If we are measuring in mL, we are measuring an objects what?

29. Answer: Volume

30. If we want to graph a change in data over a period of time, what graph would we use to display this?

31. Answer: Line Graph

32. If we are measuring in grams, we are measuring an objects what?

33. Answer: Mass

34. What is the first step of the Scientific Method?

35. Answer: Problem/Question

36. What is the 6 th step of the Scientific Method?

37. Answer: Conclusion

38. What is the 4 th step of the Scientific Method?

39. Answer: Experiment

40. What is the 2 nd step of the Scientific Method?

41. Answer: Research

42. What is the 5 th step of the Scientific Method?

43. Answer: Analyze and Record Data

44. What is the 3 rd step of the Scientific Method?

45. Answer: Hypothesis

46. What is the format a hypothesis needs to be written in?

47. Answer: If/Then Statement

48. Which step of the Scientific Method would the following be? Does a Moose like Raspberries?

49. Answer: Step 1 Question/Problem

50. Which step of the Scientific Method would the following represent? If raspberries are placed in a bowl in a moose’s feeding area, then he will not eat them.

51. Answer: Step 3 Hypothesis

52. Which step of the Scientific Method would the following be a part of? Locate a moose. Place a bowl of raspberries in his feeding area. Observe for several feedings. Record the data.

53. Answer: Step 4 Experiment

54. Which step of the Scientific Method would the following be a part of? Not one moose out of the 721 observed at the raspberries.

55. Answer: Step 5 Analyze Results

56. Which step of the Scientific Method would the following represent? To sum up, a moose does not like raspberries.

57. A hiker returning from a camping trip in Zion’s National Park tells you she has just seen a Unicorn. What would you do as a scientist?

58. Answer: Ask for more evidence

59. Which step of the scientific method do scientist test their hypothesis?

60. Answer: Experiment

61. Why would you want a large sample size when experimenting?

62. Answer: to have more representative data

63. Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions are four important things that need to be included in which report?  Research paper report  Lab report  Works cited report  Biographical report

64. Answer: b) Lab Report

66. Crossword Section

67. The __________ is an educated guess.

68. Answer: Hypothesis

69. Scientists make _______ to help them make a hypothesis or collect data during an experiment.

70. Answer: Research Grid

71. The _____ is the part of the an experiment that is not being tested and is used for comparison.

72. Answer: control

73. Sometimes scientists make a mistake, or _______ and need to do an experiment again.

74. Answer: Error

75. Scientists use their data to make charts and _____ to communicate the results of an experiment.

76. Answer: graphs

77. The ________ describes the steps you use during an experiment.

78. Answer: Procedure

79. After an experiment, scientists write a _______ which summarizes their experiment and results.

80. Answer: conclusion

81. The information collected during an experiment is called __________.

82. Answer: Data

83. After the scientist makes a hypothesis, the perform an __________ to collect data.

84. Answer: Experiment

85. The _________ variable is the part of the experiment that is being tested or the part that is changed by the person doing the experiment.

86. Answer: Independent

87. After the experiment, scientists organize and ________ the data.

88. Answer: Analyze

89. The __________ variable is the part of the experiment that is affected by the independent variable.

90. Answer: Dependent

91. The first step of the scientific method is to define or identify the __________.

92. Answer: Problem

93. The _______ _________ is a process used by scientists to find answers to questions or solve a problem.

94. Answer: Scientific Method