Download The Scientific Method

Name: _______________________ Period: _______________ Date:__________
The Scientific Method
Directions: Choose words from the list to fill in the blanks in the paragraphs.
data
observations
theories
experiments
scientific laws
variables
hypothesis
scientific method
The way in which scientists go about solving problems is called
________________ . The first step usually involves stating the problem. The second
involves looking at the system or making measurements. This step is also known as
collecting or making _____
. The carefully devised procedures by
which certain factors are measured or explored are called ________________. In
such procedures the ____________________ are the information that is being tested.
The numerical measurements or other pieces of information gathered during the
procedure are called ________________________.
The next step often involves stating a mathematical relationship between the
pieces of information gathered. Such relationships, which describe natural events but
do not explain them, are called ______________________.
Educated guesses that may be made in order to attempts to explain the
relationships are called ___________________. Meaningful patterns of explanation
that may then be proposed to relate different observations are called
___________________. These patterns of explanations must be tested and, if their
ability to predict results is limited, they must be modified or replaced.