Scientific Method Flashcards

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Define scientific method

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The scientific method is a process with the help of which scientists try to investigate, verify, or construct an accurate and reliable version of any natural phenomena

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What are the steps of the scientific method?

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Observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion.

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What is observation?

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It’s the fist step, you have to observe any phenomena of the universe and ask yourself a question.

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What is data collection and hypothesis?

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The next step is to collect all related data and formulate a hypothesis based on what you saw. The hypothesis could be the cause, effect, or relation of your phenomena to any other.

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Experiments

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You know this.

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Analysis and conclusion

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It’s when you’re done with the experiment and you analyze the results and compare them with your hypothesis for your conclusion.

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Which are the 3 variables?

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  • independent: changed by the scientist.
  • dependent: things that change thanks to the independent, the scientist focuses on this one.
  • controlled: group that does not receive treatment to compare.
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