Lab Test

Question 1

What goes into the cover page?

Answer 1

• Title of the Lab
• Your name (and your partners name) Your teacher’s name
• Date you submitted the lab

Question 2

What goes into the purpose?

Answer 2

What question are you

hoping to answer by performing this experiment?

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

IF (predicted answer to lab question) AND (summary of procedure) THEN (results you would see
from experiment)

Question 4

Materials

Answer 4

• This is a list of all the materials and equipment you will need for your experiment (bullet point form)
• Include specific quantities of your materials ex:
  2 – 100ml beakers

Question 5

Procedure

Answer 5

• A numbered list of all the steps of the experiment
• No personal language
  Say, “Repeat steps 2-5…”

Question 6

Results

Answer 6

Table of results

Question 7

Analysis (of results)

Answer 7

A written analysis of your lab in a paragraph format which connects your observations to what was learnt in class.

Question 8

Conclusion

Answer 8

• State whether or not your hypothesis was supported and wrap up your major findings.
• Include 2 or 3 examples of sources of error within the lab experiment that may have affected your results and explain how they may have affected the results.
• Include suggestions for improving these errors in future lab experiments of this kind

Question 9

What does the “If” part mean in a hypothesis

Answer 9

The part of the hypothesis that says “Here’s what
we’re trying to prove”. It will be a summarized
version of your Purpose or Question.

Question 10

What does the “And” part mean in a hypothesis

Answer 10

The part of the hypothesis says
“Here’s how we’ll do the experiment.”
It will be a summarized version of your
procedure.

Question 11

What does the “Then” part mean in a hypothesis

Answer 11

The part of the hypothesissays 
“Here’s what we expect will
happen.” It will be a summarized
educated guess at what your
Analysis of Results will say.