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Period: _________
1. List the steps to the scientific method in order.
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2. What are you trying to solve through the experimentation? ______________________

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3. When you make observations you use your

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4. When you predict a possible answer you are working on what step of the scientific
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5. What format should the hypothesis be written in?
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6. What has to be tested? _____________________________________
7. The _____________________________________is a procedure to test your
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8. As you write out your experiment you need to specifically write out the
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9. After you do your experiment the next step is to do what?
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10. When you confirm your results you are doing what?
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11. When you write a lab report what should you include?
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12. What 2 things are you including in your conclusion?
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13. In you conclusion you can ________________________ your hypothesis but you
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14. What is the final step of the scientific method?
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15. What do trials refer to?
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16. What is an independent variable?

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17. What is a dependent variable?
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18. What is a control group?
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19. What does not get tested?
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20. Controls are used for what?
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21. What are constants?
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22. Write 2 hypothesis statements about things that you see around the school.
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