Scientific Method Flashcards
Scientific method
What is a process that scientists use to better understand the word around them?
How many steps are there?
six
What are the steps in order?
- observe and ask questions
- research
- formulate a hypothesis
- test your hypothesis
- conclude
- share results
What is a possible answer to a scientific question
hypothesis
What is the variable that is tested?
Independent variable
What will test the independent variable?
experimental group
What will be left alone, so you have something to compare your results to?
control group
What is the variable that determines that data?
dependent variable
After something is tested for awhile by many different scientists, what can it become?
scientific theory
what describes what will happen every time under a particular set of conditions?
scientific law
The many ways in which scientists study the natural world
scientific inquiry
This group is left alone and not experimented on
control group
This group shows the effect of the variable being tested
experimental group
This is the one variable that is changed
independent variable
This is the variable that gets measured
dependent variable
