Question

which refers to scientific procedure undertaken by scientists to test a hypothesis and make a discovery or demonstrate a known fact?

Answer 1

The scientific procedure undertaken by scientists to test a hypothesis and make a discovery or demonstrate a known fact is called an EXPERIMENT.

• The scientific method includes the following steps:

1. Observation/Question
2. Research Topic Area
3. Hypothesise
4. Experimental Tests
5. Analyze Data
6. Report Conclusions

• Experimental testing is one of the most important steps in the scientific method to prove a hypothesis/fact or to make a discovery.
• The purpose of experimentation is to observe whether theoretical assumptions can be realized in the physical state. An observation in an experiment that agrees with computations made theoretically can prove a hypothesis.
• Experiments can be conducted anywhere, and with any tool, the scientist deems fit for proving his/her hypothesis.
• Experiments are also carried out to find values of constants, demonstrate proven facts, further explain the applications of discovery etc.

Thus the scientific procedure undertaken by scientists to test a hypothesis and make a discovery or demonstrate a known fact is an experiment.