Chapter 1 Worksheet
Question Description
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The steps of the Scientific Method:
● Step 1- Observation/Question. The “thing” that you want to know. The question you want
to answer.
● Step 2-Research. Conduct research. Information about the problem.
● Step 3-Hypothesis.
● Step 4-Experiment. Test the hypothesis.
● Step 5-Analysis of Data
● Step 6-Results/Conclusion
● Step 7- Communicate. Present/share your results. Replicate.
For each of the following situations, list, and describe each aspect of the scientific method that
is being used and list any aspects that are not used:
1. Louis Pasteur noticed that soup broth had not been boiled and was placed in an open
container would eventually grow bacteria, but when broth was placed in a container with
a downward facing opening, no bacteria would grow.
2. Some of the people that attended a party the previous night became very ill. A doctor
thought it may have been caused by spoiled potato salad. She tested the potato salad
for bacteria.
3. You try to start up your computer, but when you turn on the power, it beeps three times
and the screen stays black. You think the monitor may have gone bad.
4. A college student notices that the grocery store sells a much cheaper ‘generic’ detergent
and wonders if it will clean his clothes as well as the more expensive ‘name brand’
detergent he uses. He purchases the generic detergent and washes some of his clothes
with it and some of his clothes with his original name brand detergent only to find that
there is no noticeable difference between how clean they are. He figures if it works just
as well, he might as well buy the less expensive generic detergent.
For each of the following observations, develop a hypothesis and describe a possible
experiment that could be performed to support or disprove your hypothesis:
(The answers below will vary, as many answers may apply here. if your answers don’t
match mine you can email me for verification. Just make sure your hypothesis is
testable.)
5. When you leave school to go home in the afternoon, you notice that there is a dent in
your car that wasn’t there before. There are some streaks of red paint inside the dent.
6. You find that you tend to get sick when you forget to take your daily vitamins.
7. You notice that some people are regularly late to Chemistry class while others are
always on time.
8. You notice that a loaf of bread stored in the refrigerator takes longer to develop mold
than a loaf of bread stored in the pantry.
9. Grass growing in your front yard, which has no trees, begins to grow sooner in the spring
and turns yellow sooner in the fall. Grass growing in your backyard, which has several
trees, takes longer to grow and stays green all year round.
I HAVE THE ANSWER KEY AND I NEED JUST TO FOLLOW IT AND DO IT IN THE SAME WAY
Answer each one Separated plz.
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