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What is the conclusion.
The results of a laboratory activity.
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What are constants.
What are the things in the experiment that stay the same?
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What is different rose bushes-IV
What is number of flowers on rose bush -DV
Different rose bushes are grown in a greenhouse for two months. The number of flowers on each bush is counted as the end of the experiment. IDENTIFY THE INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLE.
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What is to Identify the Problem.
What is the first step of the scientific method?
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What is an observation.
What is, "A scientist notices that her pendulum-powered clock is running fast. She wants to find out why."
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What is data.
Where are measurements and observations recorded?
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What is observation
To use your five senses ( sees, hears, smells, tastes, and touch )
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What is the control.
Which variable is being described in this sentence:
One tree is left outside in normal conditions. |
What is background research.
What is the second Step of the scientific method?
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What is recognize a problem.
What is, "Bob read about growing plants in water. He wanted to know how plants could grow without soil."
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What is a hypothesis.
What is an educated guess about the solution to a problem called?
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What is the control
What is the group in which nothing changes at all?(Normal)
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What is constants
Which variable is being described in the words below: Spraying equal amounts of water 3 times a day
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What is to form a hypothesis
What is Third step of the scientific method?
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What is a hypothesis.
What is, "If I fertilize my geranium plants, then they will blossom."
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What is the Independent Variable
What is something you or "I" change in the experiment? (different)
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What is background research
What is the part of the scientific method when one gathers information about the subject of the activity?
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What is observation
What is another word to describe "notice" in the sentence below: Hint: Scientists do this to help them find a problem to solve!
-You NOTICE that your floor is covered with clothes. |
What is to design an experiment
What is the fourth step of the scientific method?
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What is analyze data or drawing conclusions.
What is, " Jonathan's data showed that household cockroaches moved away from raw cucumber slices."
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What is the Dependent Variable.
What is the part of the experiment that is being measured? (height)
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What is a procedure.
What is the organized process used to test a hypothesis called?
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What is flour -IV
What is the amount of stains-DV What is tide bleach-Control
Identify the Independent/Dependent Variable and control in the following experiment:
Suppose you wanted to compare two different stain removers to learn which one was better at removing food stains from clothing. Marc used flour on one set of clothes and tide bleach on the other set of clothes. |
What is to collect and analyze data
What is to Analyze Results
What is the fifth and sixth step of the scientific method?
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What is designing an experiment.
What is, "Kevin soaked six different kinds of seeds in water for 24 hours. Then she planted the seeds in soil at a depth of 1 cm. She used the same amount of water, light, and heat for each kind of seed."
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