Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Hypothesis

Hypothesis is the initial building block in the scientific method is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis, the scientific methods requires that one can test it. Is a proposed theory or explanation for an observation or problem.  

3 Types of variables:
-Constant
-Independent 
-Dependent

2 comments:

  1. From Bitter to Sweet: How Sugar Content Changes in Ripening Fruit
    Hypothesis : I think the sugar content would increase as the fruit ripens more.
    Independent : Time taken for the fruit to ripen.
    Dependent : Amount of sugar in the fruit.
    Control/Constant : The type of fruit,the amount of the fruit,duration of time.

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  2. Build Your Own Helio Tracker—a Self-powered Mechanical Sunflower that Turns with the Sun
    Hypothesis : I think that the Mechanical sunflower will be able to turn by using the sun's heat to change pressure of a substance in a tube to turn the sunflower.

    Independent Variable : Weather
    Dependent Variable : Amount of electricity generated
    Constant Variable : Amount of liquid in the tube, type of solar panel, Material of tube, Amount of degrees to turn.

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