Scientific method test Flashcards
Define control
The thing in the experiment that always stays the same
Define claim
A statement that answers the question
Define evidence
The scientific data and the details that support the claim
Define reasoning
Explains how or why the evidence supports the claim
Define scientific method
It’s a set of steps used by scientist use explore other observations and answer questions about the world
Define data
Your notes about the experiment and the fact that you learn
Define variable
Something that changes
Define procedure
The directions of the project
Name two ways to start a sentence for evidence
The Shows …… and the text tells …….
Name two ways to start a sentence for reasoning
This shows that …….. based on the evidence I can infer……
Name the two types of other evidence you can have
Qualitative and quantitative
What is another name for reasoning
The scientific rule
The order of the scientific method and the definition of each stepThe scientific rule
1: ask a question the question needs to be something test well I’m not a question based on an opinion
2: do research you can research what is are you known about your question and learn from others who may have already conducted their own experiments
3: Make a hypothesis a half hypothesis an educated guess about the answer in your question
4: Conduct your experiment. your experiment should be designed to test your path success and see if your prediction was accurate your experiment should be fair and should include an independent and dependent variable.
5: collect data. It is very important to take good notes when conducting your experiment. write down all your observations and date in a journal so that you can have it available to share later. Make sure to record everything accurately and never try to make your data fit into your hypothesis.
6: Analyze. When you’re organizing your data it may be helpful to create charge a gas to help you visualize your results make sure to double check your steps and go back and redo the experiment if you need to
7: Make your conclusion. Sometimes you’re fine your prediction was not accurate and that your hypothesis is not supported you might want to go back and revise your hypothesis or from my new hypothesis based on the outcome of your experiment.
8: do you report. Communicating is very important so other science can learn from your experiment it can be all or the port or more of a formal report and display for a science fair.
Name two ways you can report your experiments findings
Report or science fair
What is designed to test your hypothesis
An experiment