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Lab Report Section Sorting

Sort each statement into the lab report section it belongs to. The section describing procedures explains what was done, and the section presenting findings records observations and measurements.

Choose the Report Section

Select the section that best fits each description.

1.A team explains the question they are investigating and why it matters. Which lab report section is this?

Introduction
Method
Results
Conclusion

2.Where should a report describe the equipment and the steps used to separate fossil-sized objects from sediment?

Introduction
Method
Results
Conclusion

3.A table records the mass of sediment sifted and the number of fossil casts found. Which section should contain the table?

Introduction
Method
Results
Conclusion

4.Which section explains what the findings mean and whether they answer the investigation question?

Introduction
Method
Results
Conclusion

Match Each Statement

For each statement, name the lab report section it belongs in. Each section may be used more than once.

5.“We investigated whether using a finer sieve would help us find more small fossil casts.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Method
Conclusion
Introduction
Results

6.“We weighed 500 g of each sediment sample, then sifted each one through the assigned mesh for two minutes.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Method
Introduction
Results
Conclusion

7.“The fine mesh sample contained 9 fossil casts; the coarse mesh sample contained 4.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Method
Conclusion
Results
Introduction

8.“The fine mesh collected more casts, so the results support our prediction that smaller openings would catch more small objects.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Conclusion
Introduction
Method
Results

9.“Because the fine mesh caught more casts, these results suggest dig teams should use a finer sieve to find small fossil fragments.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Method
Introduction
Results
Conclusion

10.“The team used two mesh sieves, a balance, trays, safety glasses and three equal sediment samples.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Method
Conclusion
Results
Introduction

11.“We chose this test because sediment can hide small fossil remains at a dig site.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Conclusion
Results
Introduction
Method

12.“Across three trials, the fine mesh caught 8, 9 and 10 casts; the coarse mesh caught 4, 5 and 3.”

Investigation question and purpose
Equipment and procedure
Measurements and observations
Meaning of the findings

Method
Introduction
Conclusion
Results

Write Short Answers

Use the sediment-sieving investigation in your responses.

13.Name two kinds of information that belong in the Method section of an experiment report.

14.Write a suitable final interpretation of this investigation: the fine sieve caught 9 fossil casts, while the coarse sieve caught 4. The question was whether finer mesh catches more small casts.