Scientific Method - Page 4
Questions
- What are good techniques to use for scientific investigation? Poor techniques?
- When a scientist analyzes experimental results, what is the scientist generally doing?
- What is a well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations?
- The theory of atomic structure has changed significantly over time. What should happen if a trusted scientific experiment yields results that contradict part of this theory?
- What is a dependent variable?
- How did Tycho Brahe and Kepler employ the scientific method?
- What is the difference between a theory and a hypothesis?
- If the observed test value of a hypothesis test is outside of the established critical value(s), what would a researcher do?
- What is the variable that the investigator manipulates in an experiment called?
- What do scientists call a possible explanation for observations they have made?
- What is a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects?
- Should Ursula have included a control group in her experiment?
- Scientific investigations begin with a tentative explanation called what?
- What is scientific inquiry driven by?
- Can the scientific method be used to prove unique historical events?
- A dinosaur fossil is 91,910,000 years old. How can you express this age in scientific notation with the highest level of precision?
- You have just come up with an explanation to a question that has bothered you for some time. What must you do to have your explanation become a hypothesis?
- How can evidence from experiment be explained in relationship to the hypothesis?
- Why is the scientific method important to follow?
- What is the difference between inference and hypothesis?