How Does the Scientific Method Help Scientists Acquire Information

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Initial Answer:The scientific method helps scientists acquire information by developing their question into multiple questions with a lot of answers.

Final Answer:The scientific method gives scientists good answers by adding on to what they know, proving what they thought they knew wrong, and making their measurements more accurate and understandable around the world. The scientist initial answers are transformed into more thoughtful, and descriptive answers. They test multiple times to collect the most accurate data they can. If the hypothesis is wrong you can still accept the information because it shows that the test went not as expected but still worked out in some way.

How Does the Scientific Method Help Scientists Acquire Information?

Why is it important to know the metric system?

I was trying to measure my pencil but there was no 10th of an inch but there is a 10th of a centimeter

It is important to know because it is easier to convert and places all over the world use it.

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Measurements are more accurate because there are more measurement points

It is easier to convert than the imperial system because it is in powers of 10

All but three countries in the world use it

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How can data collection be more accurate?

While testing the first time we did it wrong but we tested it many other times to find out that the first time was an outlier and our data became more accurate

Independent variable- a variable that is not controlled by another variable Dependent variable- a variable whose value is controlled by another variable Control- the first test that has controlled variables to make the other tests have value Constants- variables that don’t change

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Data collection can be more accurate the more something is tested and proven or disproven.

Test multiple times to get the most accurate results

Use metric so everyone can understand it and to convert it easier if needed

Use sig figs to understand what values are important in your data

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What happens when an experiment doesn’t lead to a hypothesis being supported?

I thought the bouncy ball would bounce higher, I was wrong, but I still wrote down that the ping pong ball bounces higher

Even if the hypothesis is wrong you must be unbiased and accept the data because it tells how the experiment actually went.

Accept data because it will lead to more accurate data in future

Test several times

Make sure conditions are same for every test

Make sure all variables are correct

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What Makes a Good Question?

Once I asked my mom what football was. She told me it was where people ran into each other and threw a ball, and then I asked her why.

Hypothesis-educated guess

A good question can be supported in many ways that prove, add on to, and test your question(s).

Good EX: How do stars create elements? Bad EX:Can you eat grass?

A bad question can be answered in a few words or doesn’t lead to other discussions

When answered leads to other good questions

Builds on what you already know

Can be measured and experimented

Has an answer and can be tested

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