Note Taking Guide: Episode 101 Name___________________

Trashun Lacaillade

Scientific Method

A _______________
logical _______________
method of _______________
problem
_______________.
solving

Steps of the Scientific Method

a. Making _______________
observations that lead to a _______________.
question
b. Forming a _______________
hypothesis to answer the _______________.
question
c. Testing the _______________
hypothesis by _______________.
experiments
d. Making a _______________
conclusion based on the results of the _______________.
experiment
Definitions:

Observing: Use of the _______________

sense and _______________
devices in the lab to
_______________
obtain _______________.
information
Conclusion: A statement based on _____________
observation and prior _____________.
knowledge
Observations Vs. Conclusions
1. ______
o 2. ______
c 3. ______
o 4. ______
c
5. ______
c 6. ______
o 7. ______
c 8. ______
c

Observations

Quantitative Qualitative

Includes numbers
_________ Does _________
not
and ________.
units include ________
numbers
and units.

Qualitative Vs. Quantitative

1. ______
L 2. ______
L 3. ______
N 4. ______
L

5. ______
L 6. ______
L 7. ______
N 8. _____
N

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Hypothesis: an _____________
educated ____________.
guess
A good hypothesis:
1. ______________
explains an _______________
observation
2. can be _______________
tested
3. will _____________
predict an _____________
outcome

Practice forming a hypothesis:

1. What is the ____________ of the ____________ ____________?

2. As the candle _______________, it gets _______________. Where does

the _______________ go?

Experiment:
a. is _____________
designed to _____________
test a _______________.
hypothesis
b. involves _______________.
variables
c. is performed under ______________
controlled _______________.
conditions

Variables: factors that can be ______________.

changed

Control: a _______________
variable that is held _______________.
the same or does not change

In a good experiment:
a. only ______________
two ______________
variables are allowed to
_______________.
change
b. the _____________
manipulated (or ____________)
independent _____________
variable is
changed by the _______________.
scientist
c. the _____________
respnding (or ____________)
dependent ______________
variable changes
as a result of the ___________.
experiment
d. all other _______________
variables are _______________
constants because they
are held _______________.
the same

The Chemistry Quiz

1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____

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