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1. Observations are the ways in which scientists answer questions and
solve problems. Scientific methods are the ways in which scientists
answer questions and solve problems.
2. Hypotheses are pieces of information that are gathered through
experimentation. Data are pieces of information that are gathered
through experimentation.
3. Data are possible explanations or answers to a question.
Hypotheses are possible explanations or answers to a question.
4. Name the steps that can be used in scientific methods. The steps in
the scientific method are asking a question, observing the question,
forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, collecting data,
analyzing the results, drawing conclusions, and communicating
results.
5. After an experiment has been done and data have been collected,
what is the next thing that should be done with the data? You
should analyze them.
6. If a scientist performed an experiment only once, why would the
results not be valid? Because the experiment was only done once,
so the answers may not be correct. More tests may make the
answer valid.
7. At what number of flaps per second is Proteus most efficient? Least
efficient? The most efficient moment was at 1.7 seconds, and the
least efficient moment was between 0.9 and 1.0 seconds.
8. At approximately what point does the efficiency appear neither to
increase nor to decrease? The point that wouldnt increase nor to
decrease is at 1.7 seconds.