Name ______________________________
Scientific Method: Vocabulary Review
Directions: Write the word of the correct vocabulary word on the line provided.
1. Anything that changes in an experiment.
2. What you compare your results to…
3. Anything that goes wrong in an experiment
4. Always state the problem in this form…
5. An educated guess
6. A way you can add on to your experiment
7. Part of experiment you change on purpose
8. System of measurement used in science
9. List of things you’ll use in experiment
10. Copying someone else’s research
11. Part of experiment you measure
12. How an experiment can benefit society
13. What you do with data…
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Steps of the Scientific Method
14. ____________ the _______________
a. Be sure it is in ____________ form
15. __________________
a. Use books, magazines, and the ____________. Do not ___________.
16. Form a _________________
a. This should be based on your _____________.
17. Perform an _____________________
a. The plan should be _______________ and in ________ form.
18. Analyze _________________
a. Represent your data with _________ and ___________
19. Form a __________________
a. Be sure to identify ___________, ___________, and ___________.
Name ____Key___________
Scientific Method: Vocabulary Review
Directions: Write the word of the correct vocabulary word on the line provided.
1. Anything that changes in an experiment.
2. What you compare your results to…
3. Anything that goes wrong in an experiment
4. Always state the problem in this form…
5. An educated guess
6. A way you can add on to your experiment
7. Part of experiment you change on purpose
8. System of measurement used in science
9. List of things you’ll use in experiment
10. Copying someone else’s research
11. Part of experiment you measure
12. How an experiment can benefit society
13. What you do with data…
___variable___
____control___
____error____
____question_____
____hypothesis____
___extension_____
__independent variable__
____metric______
___materials_____
____plagiarism____
__dependent variable___
___application____
_____analyze_______
Steps of the Scientific Method
14. ___State__ the __problem____
a. Be sure it is in __question___ form
15. ___Research___
a. Use books, magazines, and the _internet___. Do not _plagiarize___.
16. Form a ___hypothesis_____
a. This should be based on your _research__.
17. Perform an __experiment_____
a. The plan should be __numbered__ and in __list_ form.
18. Analyze ___data___
a. Represent your data with __tables_ and __graphs__
19. Form a ___conclusion____
a. Be sure to identify __errors__, __extensions__, and __applications__.