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NATURE OF SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED. GRADED A+ What are the steps in most scientific inquiries? 1. Ask a Question The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where? ...

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NATURE OF SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED. GRADED A+




What are the steps in most scientific inquiries?

1. Ask a Question



The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you

observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?



2. Do Background Research



Rather than starting from scratch in putting together a plan for answering your question,

you want to be a savvy scientist using library and Internet research to help you find the

best way to do things and ensure that you don't repeat mistakes from the past.



3. Construct a Hypothesis



A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work. It is an attempt to answer

your question with an explanation that can be tested. A good hypothesis allows you to

then make a prediction:

"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."

, State both your hypothesis and the resulting prediction you will be testing. Predictions

must be easy to measure.



Hypothesis

4. Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment



Your experiment tests whether your prediction is accurate and thus your hypothesis is

supported or not. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair

test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other

conditions the same.



You should also repeat your experiments several times to make sure that the first

results weren't just an accident.



5. Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion



Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to

see if they support your hypothesis or not.



Scientists often find that their predictions were not accurate and their hypothesis was

not supported, and in such cases they will communicate the results of their experiment

and then go back and construct a new hypothesis and prediction based on the

information they learned during their experiment. This starts much of the process of the

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