How Science Works

Question 1

What is a variable?

Answer 1

Something that you change or that changes in an experiment.

Question 2

What is an independent variable?

Answer 2

The changing variable.

Question 3

What is step 1 of the scientific method?

Answer 3

Define a question.

Question 4

What is step 2 of the scientific method?

Answer 4

Gather information and resources.

Question 5

What is step 3 of the scientific method?

Answer 5

Form an explanatory hypothesis.

Question 6

What is step 4 of the scientific method?

Answer 6

Test the hypothesis by performing an experiment and collecting data in a reproducible manner.

Question 7

What is step 5 of the scientific method?

Answer 7

Analyse the data.

Question 8

What is step 6 of the scientific method?

Answer 8

Interpret the data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting point for a new hypothesis.

Question 9

What is step 7 of the scientific method?

Answer 9

Repeat stages 3-6, possibly several times.

Question 10

What is step 8 of the scientific method?

Answer 10

Publish results.

Question 11

What is step 9 of the scientific method?

Answer 11

Retest possibly starting a new set of stages 3-6.