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3. The _______________ variable is the variable that “I” (the scientist) change in the
experiment.
4. The _________ variable is the Data that is collected while doing the experiment.
8. What do you call the process and steps a scientist must follow to complete an experiment?
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10. What are factors that remain the same throughout all tests of the experiment?
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11. What is the final step of the scientific method where you accept or reject your
hypothesis.? __________________
Part II- Please place the following steps of the scientific method in the correct order.
Please read the following experiment and answer the questions below.
Mr. Bailey decides to do an experiment to see if different types of popcorn pop faster in the
microwave. The TV commercials say that Popalicious is the fastest popping popcorn in the
world. Mr. Bailey’s hypothesis was, “If I pop Jiffy Pop, Popalicious, and Pop-Tastic popcorn in
a microwave, then the Popalicious will pop faster because the commercial says so.” He takes
Jiffy Pop, Popalicious, and Pop-Tastic and places them each in the microwave for 2 minutes.
After two minutes is up, he counts the number of POPPED kernels in the bag. After three
trials, Jiffy Pop had an average of 256 popped kernels, Popalicious had an average of 341
popped kernels, and Pop-Tastic had an average of 357 popped kernels.
5. What would be the conclusion to this experiment? Remember to accept or reject Mr.
Bailey’s hypothesis and use numbers to back it up.
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