Describe the components of a scientific investigation
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A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions.
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Observation
Scientific method
Experiment
Hypothesis
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What is the process of obtaining information using your senses?
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Inquiry
Scientific Method
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A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions.
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What is the process of obtaining information using your senses?
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What variable can be changed or manipulated?
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In which step of the scientific method do we want to use graphs?
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What do you call the things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair?
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Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
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A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. Which is the independent variable?
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A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment, which is the dependent variable?
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Why is experiment important?
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What do you call the information gathered during experiments?
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Which of the following questions is best considered as scientific?
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A scientist hypothesizes that the temperature at which an ostrich’s egg is incubated will determine whether the ostrich will be male or female. What is the independent variable of this experiment?
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A scientist hypothesizes that the temperature at which an ostrich’s egg is incubated will determine whether the ostrich will be male or female. What is the dependent variable?
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What do you call an idea or explanation that you test through study and experimentation?
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A scientist is already contemplating whether the data of his experiments support his hypothesis. At this point the scientist is __________________.
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Why is the Scientific Method an important process in doing experiments?
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What is the purpose of doing multiple trials in an experiment?
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What step should be completed first to solve a problem?
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Which step that follows formulating and objectively testing hypotheses?
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Which refers to scientific procedure undertaken by scientists to test a hypothesis and make a discovery or demonstrate a known fact?
