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SCIENTIFIC METHOD STUDY GUIDE

Directions: Write the steps of the scientific method in order. Give at least one example of what a scientist would do at each step.

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DIRECTIONS: Define each of the following words.

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DIRECTIONS: Write a hypothesis for each scientific problem. 12. Which chewing gum holds its flavor the longest?

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What is your independent variable?

What is your dependent variable?

What do you need to control?

13. Which will boil faster, water on a gas stove or water on an electric stove?

Hypothesis:

What is your independent variable?

What is your dependent variable?

What do you need to control?

14. Mrs. Smith designs an experiment using the scientific method. She wants to know which bread molds faster – wheat or white bread. She places 5 pieces of wheat bread in the refrigerator. She places 5 pieces of white bread on the kitchen counter. After five days, she notices the white bread is beginning to mold and concluded white bread molds faster. What is wrong with this experiment?

Directions: Record one observation and one inference for each picture.

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