STUDY GUIDE
TEST 1 – SCIENTIFIC METHOD, SAFETY, and LAB EQUIPMENT
Make sure you study:
1. The 10 safety rules and lab equipment (a few questions on this)
2. The steps of the Scientific Method (test will mainly cover this)
A. What is a good question? Where do research questions come from?
B. Why do you do research before you make a hypothesis?
C. What is a hypothesis?
D. How do you test a hypothesis?
E. What makes a "good" experiment?
F. Why is it so important to make good observations?
G. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations?
H. What is an inference?
I. What 3 things should a GOOD conclusion include?
J. What does the conclusion always refer back to?
K. What if you discover your hypothesis was wrong? Does that mean your experiment
was a failure?
L. Who uses the scientific method?
3. The labs we’ve done in class (penny lab, M&M lab)
4. All of the worksheets and pop quizzes we have done.
The test will consist of multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and short answer questions.
STUDY GUIDE
TEST 1 – SCIENTIFIC METHOD, SAFETY, and LAB EQUIPMENT
Make sure you study:
5. The 10 safety rules and lab equipment (a few questions on this)
6. The steps of the Scientific Method (test will mainly cover this)
M. What is a good question? Where do research questions come from?
N. Why do you do research before you make a hypothesis?
O. What is a hypothesis?
P. How do you test a hypothesis?
Q. What makes a "good" experiment?
R. Why is it so important to make good observations?
S. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations?
T. What is an inference?
U. What 3 things should a GOOD conclusion include?
V. What does the conclusion always refer back to?
W. What if you discover your hypothesis was wrong? Does that mean your experiment
was a failure?
X. Who uses the scientific method?
7. The labs we’ve done in class (penny lab, M&M lab)
8. All of the worksheets and pop quizzes we have done.
The test will consist of multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and short answer questions.