Unit 1: Scientific method

Question 1

What is a problem statement?

Answer 1

Often phrased as a question. This is what a scientist is trying to discover or accomplish by conducting a particular experiment.

Question 2

What is the hypothesis?

Answer 2

An if/then prediction that a scientist makes to describe what they think will happen during an experiment

Question 3

What is a procedure?

Answer 3

The specific steps that a scientist follows to perform an experiment

Question 4

What are the results/data?

Answer 4

The evidence from an experiment that a scientist analyzes to draw a conclusion

Question 5

What is the conclusion?

Answer 5

A summary of the overall results of an experiment which addresses wether or not the hypothesis was correct

Question 6

What is an independent variable?

Answer 6

Variable that I, the scientist, Change, the cause

Question 7

What is a dependent variable?

Answer 7

Variable that depends on what I changed, the effect or result of the experiment

Question 8

What is the constant?

Answer 8

Variables that you keep the same in all experiments