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Grade 6 Scientific Method
Making a forecast of what will happen is called                .
  1. classifying
  2. inquiry
  3. predicting
  4. hypothesis
Grade 6 Scientific Method
                is the grouping together of items that are alike in some ways.
  1. Culture
  2. Data
  3. A hypothesis
  4. Classifying
Grade 6 Scientific Method
Which variable represents the data that is collected during the trials and depends on the results?
  1. the independent
  2. the x variable
  3. the dependent
  4. the conclusion
Grade 6 Scientific Method
What is the last step in the scientific method?
  1. Hypothesis
  2. Sharing your results
  3. Conclusion
  4. Asking a question
Grade 6 Scientific Method
An experiment is a specific test of a                .
  1. control
  2. hypothesis
  3. theory
  4. variable
Grade 6 Scientific Method
Why do scientists communicate different results about the same topic?
  1. Not all scientists use scientific methods.
  2. The results of scientific experiments can never be reproduced.
  3. Scientists support only their own opinions.
  4. Scientific data can be interpreted in different ways.
Grade 6 Scientific Method
What are the five parts of the scientific method and the order?
  1. experiment, conclusion hypothesis, problem, research
  2. research, problem, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion
Grade 6 Scientific Method
If Sam was completing an experiment to determine if fertilizer makes a plant grow better than not using fertilizer, which of the following would be the best method?
  1. Place one plant in the sun and the other in a closet.
  2. Water one plant every day and the other plant every other day.
  3. Keep both plants on top of a cabinet.
  4. Use a tomato plant and a bean plant.
Grade 6 Scientific Method
Two students did the same experiment. Student A observed everything carefully but did not write anything down. Student B recorded her observations in a notebook. At the end of the experiment, each student drew a conclusion. Which student is more likely to have a correct conclusion?
  1. Only student A is likely to have a correct conclusion.
  2. Only student B is likely to have a correct conclusion.
  3. They both are likely to have a correct conclusion.
  4. They both are likely to have an incorrect conclusion.
Grade 6 Scientific Method
What is the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis called?
  1. constant variable
  2. independent variable
  3. responding variable
  4. operational variable
Grade 6 Scientific Method
An explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations, and that can be tested, is called
  1. a scientific method.
  2. a hypothesis.
  3. an experiment.
  4. a model.
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