Ch. 3: The Scientific Method & Lab Reports

Question 1

What are the 6 steps in the scientific method?

Answer 1

1. Purpose
2. Research
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Analysis
6. Discussion

Question 2

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 2

predicting the outcome of the experiment (What is my educated prediction of the results?)

Question 3

What is scientific theory?

Answer 3

a hypothesis that has been tested repetedly with similar results tat support that hypothesis

Question 4

What is scientific law?

Answer 4

a very specific statement that is teh result of a theory being tested many times with similar results

Question 5

What is included in the discussion section of a lab report?

Answer 5

Discuss the results of the experiment:
- hypothesis supported?
-errors
-future research
-conclusions