Form 4 Chapter 1 Scientific Investigation

1.1 Steps of Scientific Investigation

1. Steps of scientific investigation

2. Inference is ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Example :
Observation : Boiling point of distilled water = 100 0C
Boiling point of (distilled water + sugar) = 103 0C

Inference : _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Variables are __________________________________________________________________________________________________

a) Three types of variables

i) _____________________________________ ii) ___________________________________ iii) ____________________________________

Example: In an experiment to study the boiling point of distilled water are affected by the quantity of sugar dissolve in distilled water.

a) Manipulated variable : ____________________________________________________

b) Responding variable : ______________________________________________________

c) Constant / Fixed variable : _________________________________________________________

4. Hypothesis is _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Example : ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. The Importance of Scientific Investigation

a) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1.2 Scientific Attitudes and Noble Values

Scientific
Attitudes and
Noble Values