Name________________________________________

Date_____________

1. Name the steps in the scientific method.

2. Explain a scientist's first step in the scientific method.

3. Scientists use their __________ to make observations.

4. What is a hypothesis?

5. A hypothesis must be _____________ and it __________ an outcome.

6. Some hypotheses are written as __________ statements.
7. What part of an experiment is the variable?

8. How many variables should there be in a good experiment?

9. An experimenter changes ______ factor and then observes and _______ what
happens.
10. Other factors in an experiment must be kept _____ so they won't affect the
_____outcome of the experiment.
11. What are these constant factors called?
12. What is the purpose of having a control in an experiment?
13. Name the two types of variables in an experiment.
14. What is the independent variable?

15. What is the dependent variable?

16. The best experiments make __________ trials with the independent variable.
17. Name the two groups needed to have a valid experiment.

18. What is data? Write down its two types.

19. If the data is numbers, this is called ____________ data.

20. To be useful, collected data must be _____________.
21. Name 3 ways of organizing data.
22. What is the conclusion of an experiment?
23. What must be done to verify the results of an experiment?
24. To solve a problem, you should _________ the problem and state _____________
you have made about it.
25. Next, you form a __________ or prediction and conduct an ____________ to test
the prediction.
26. During an experiment, _________ must be collected and later ____________..
27. Finally, a scientist forms a ____________ based on your data.
28. To prove the experiment is correct, scientists ___________ their results.
When done: Write definitions of seven vocabulary words you learned today.