Understanding Scientific Procedures
A worksheet for 7th-grade science students to understand and apply the steps of scientific procedures and the scientific method.
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Understanding Scientific Procedures
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet will test your understanding of scientific procedures and the scientific method.
1. Which of the following is typically the first step in the scientific method?
Formulating a hypothesis
Drawing conclusions
Making observations
Designing an experiment
2. A controlled experiment is one where:
All variables are changed
Only one variable is changed at a time
No variables are kept constant
The results are already known
3. A scientific is a testable explanation for an observation.
4. The variable is the one that is changed by the experimenter.
5. Data collected during an experiment should be carefully .
6. Briefly explain the difference between a hypothesis and a theory.
7. Number the steps of the scientific method in the correct order (1-5).
Analyze Data
Formulate a Hypothesis
Draw Conclusions
Make Observations/Ask a Question
Conduct an Experiment
8. It is acceptable to change multiple variables at once in a controlled experiment.
True
False