lab practical

Question 1

What are the steps of the scientific method in order?

Answer 1

Make observation, ask question, form a hypothesis, design an experiment, collect/analyze data, conclusions and repeat

Question 2

what are the two types of hypothesis?

Answer 2

Null hypothesis- male height doesn’t differ from female height
Alternate Hypothesis- male height does differ from female height

Question 3

what are the dependent variables?

Answer 3

The variable that will be measured, counted, or observed in response to the experimental condition that you set

Question 4

What is the independent variable?

Answer 4

The single variable or experimental condition that will be manipulated

Question 5

what is the independent variable?

Answer 5

The single variable or experimental condition that will be manipulated

Question 6

Describe why it is important to usually have only one independent variable in an experiment?

Answer 6

To make it easier to determine which dependent variable is causing the effect on your study subject

Question 7

why is replication important to include in an experiment?

Answer 7

when multiple results are gathered in an experiment, more evidence is available to support or reject your hypothesis and make your conclusion stronger

Question 8

What is the control group of an experiment and why is it important?

Answer 8

A group in which the independent variable is held at a established level or it is omitted; gives you a group compared your results with

Question 9

P values are statistical values that

Answer 9

Are used to determine whether or not the hypothesis is supported or rejected

Question 10

What p values Showa that your alternative hypothesis was supported and what does that mean?

Answer 10

less than .05; There was a difference between the groups being tested

Question 11

What P values shows that your null hypothesis was supported and what does it mean?

Answer 11

more than .05; there was no difference between the groups being tested

Question 12

What is the scientific name of our fast plant

Answer 12

Brassica Rapa

has to be underline

Question 13

what are the two purposes of this fast plant lab experiment?

Answer 13

the observe the life cycle of a typical flowering plant and observe how traits are passed parents to offspring

Question 14

Define peer review as it pertains to scientific lit

Answer 14

Scholar review a scientific paper, provide edits, and determine if the experiment was done correctly, and the results if they are valid and logical, before the paper is published in a professional journal

Question 15

what is include in the abstract of a scientific paper

Answer 15

a summary of the entire paper

Question 16

what is the first main section of the scientific paper?

Answer 16

Introduction; General Information, reason for researching, hypothesis statement

Question 17

what is the second section main section the scientific paper?

Answer 17

Material and methods; details, procedures, tools and how the experiment was conducted

Question 18

what is the third main section of scientific paper?

Answer 18

Results; Presentation of the dat collected

Question 19

What is the fourth main section of a scientific paper?

Answer 19

Discussion; interpretation of data, conclusion, present potential further research that could be conducted.

Question 20

what is the reference section of the scientific paper?

Answer 20

A list of all the previous research mentioned in the paper

Question 21

where are two places you can access scientific paper?

Answer 21

Google scholar and the SRSU library website

Question 22

what are the two top journals?

Answer 22

UK nature and Science from US