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Study Guide Unit Test: Scientific Thinking and Processes

Questions you need to be able to answer: What is a variable? Describe what a scientific theory is. Define inquiry. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative observations. What is a constant? Explain what a hypothesis is and how it is formed? What is the relationship between a dependent and independent variable? Define dependent and independent variable. What is an inference? Where do you find dependent and independent variables in data tables in graphs? Name the 5 steps of the scientific method in the correct order. Why are hypotheses always tested more than once? What happens when a hypothesis is rejected?

Tasks you need to be able to complete: Determine the hypothesis when looking at graphs. Given a scientific question identify dependent and independent variable, write a hypothesis and draw a data table and graph. Analyze a data table and determine the problem being investigated, the different variables, the types of data, and write a hypothesis. Identify statements as observations or inferences when looking at a picture. Identify statements as qualitative and quantitative observations.