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Scientific Method Vocabulary Exercise

Read the story below and fill in the words from the list at the end of the story. You can find definitions of the word in your textbook (pages 10-15) and in the pages Understanding the Scientific Method Parts 1 and 2 in your science binder.

A gardener wanted to see if plants would grow better in green light. She thought they would because plants are green. She decided to use the _____________ ___________________ to test her ____________________. She had asked a question and thought of a hypothesis so next she went to the library to do some _______________.

At the library she found nothing concerning here question so she ___________________ an experiment that would test here hypothesis. She put two identical healthy plants into separate boxes. One box would receive full normal sunlight. The other box received only green light. The plant in the full sunlight box was the _________________ group. The plant in the green box was the _______________ group. She was careful to control all ______________________ except the green light difference in the experimental group box. Green light is her __________________ variable. As the experiment proceeded over several days, she measured the height of each plant. This is her _______________ variable. She decided that her _________________ definition would be that “better” meant that a plant grew at least 6 taller than the other plant within a week’s time. After a week’s time she collected _________ by measuring the height of each plant. _____________ her data was easy, since the full light plant had outgrown the green light plant. She reached a ____________________ that green light is not better for plants. She decided to _____________ her results with others by publishing here experiment in a gardening magazine so other gardeners could comment on her experiment and share their own findings. She realized that she had a ______, or opinion that green light would help plants grow better since plants are green.

Fill in the story with the words below:

Control

Experimental

Data

Scientific Method

Bias

Manipulated

Research

Responding

Share

Hypothesis

Designed

Variables

Analyzing

Operational

Conclusion

Do you know which color of light plants (mostly) use to grow?

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