A scientist conducting an experiment quickly saw that she was not getting the results she expected. Instead of continuing to collect data, she went back to redesign the experiment until the data came out the way that the hypothesis predicted. The scientist’s work did not follow the scientific method. Which statement best explains why?
In which order are the steps of the scientific method commonly listed?
A student sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. She wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. Which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method?
Which example best represents the use of creativity in scientific inquiry?
A student completed a lab report. Which correctly describes the difference between the “Question” and “Hypothesis” sections of her report?
Unlike the methods of early scientists, how did Sir Francis Bacon believe basic laws of science should be determined?
Which is best illustrated by Watson and Crick's ball-and-stick model of DNA?
Which step of the scientific method relies more heavily on newly collected data than on creativity and innovation?
A student does an experiment for a science fair to study whether temperature affects the timing of a cricket’s chirps. The student keeps a cricket in an enclosed box that is heated to different temperatures each day for twelve days. The student records the cricket’s chirps by using a sound-activated microphone so the timing of the chirps can be measured. Which is the dependent variable in this experiment?
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