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- 1. Multiple Choice
What step comes after "Research" in the scientific method?
Observations
Hypothesis
Communicate Results
Construct a Prototype
- 2. Multiple Choice
Mr. Livingston wants to see if the amount of sugar in his students' lunches affects how tired they are in 6th period. Which is the INDEPENDENT variable?
The amount of sugar in his students' lunches
How tired they are in sixth period
The amount of sleep they get the night before
How hard they worked out in gym class
- 3. Multiple Choice
Mr. Livingston wants to see if the amount of sugar in his students' lunches affects how tired they are in 6th period. Which is the DEPENDENT variable?
The amount of sugar in his students' lunches
How tired they are in sixth period
The amount of sleep they get the night before
How hard they worked out in gym class
- 4. Multiple Choice
Mr. Livingston wants to see if the amount of sugar in his students' lunches affects how tired they are in 6th period. What would be good to use as a CONTROL variable?
The amount of sugar in his students' lunches
How tired they are in sixth period
The amount of sleep they get the night before
The natural variation in their level of hyperactivity
- 5. Multiple Choice
An inference is...
a proven fact
an opinion about an event
an explanation or interpretation of observations
a dog named "Cat"
- 6. Multiple Choice
Mrs. Wheeler wants to see if the texture of the floor affects how far she can slide in her socks. What is the INDEPENDENT variable?
The distance she slides in her socks
The type of socks she wears
The texture of the floor
Her ability to balance as she slides
- 7. Multiple Choice
The seventh grade science teachers want to see if playing sound helps their students do well on worksheets. Mr. Livingston plays one note loudly over his speakers while his students work on a worksheet. Mrs. Wheeler plays one note quietly over her speakers while her students work on a worksheet. Mr. Ferris keeps his room silent while his students work on a worksheet. They compare and find Mr. Ferris's students had the highest scores on the worksheet.
What is the DEPENDENT variable in this experiment?
The students' scores on the worksheet
The sound level
The worksheet
The note
- 8. Multiple Choice
The seventh grade science teachers want to see if playing sound helps their students do well on worksheets. Mr. Livingston plays one note loudly over his speakers while his students work on a worksheet. Mrs. Wheeler plays one note quietly over her speakers while her students work on a worksheet. Mr. Ferris keeps his room silent while his students work on a worksheet. They compare and find Mr. Ferris's students had the highest scores on the worksheet.
What is the INDEPENDENT variable in this experiment?
The students' scores on the worksheet
The sound level
The worksheet
The note
- 9. Multiple Choice
The seventh grade science teachers want to see if playing sound helps their students do well on worksheets. Mr. Livingston plays one note loudly over his speakers while his students work on a worksheet. Mrs. Wheeler plays one note quietly over her speakers while her students work on a worksheet. Mr. Ferris keeps his room silent while his students work on a worksheet. They compare and find Mr. Ferris's students had the highest scores on the worksheet.
What would make a good CONTROL variable in this experiment?
it should not be a full moon
All students should work on the same worksheet
The sound level should be different between the trials
The teachers should have the same hair cut
- 10. Multiple Choice
The seventh grade science teachers want to see if playing sound helps their students do well on worksheets. Mr. Livingston plays one note loudly over his speakers while his students work on a worksheet. Mrs. Wheeler plays one note quietly over her speakers while her students work on a worksheet. Mr. Ferris keeps his room silent while his students work on a worksheet. They compare and find Mr. Ferris's students had the highest scores on the worksheet.
What should be concluded from this experiment?
Sound creates white noise and helps students do well on worksheets
Silence makes Mr. Ferris a better teacher
The seventh grade science teachers should play the operatic section of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen loudly over their speakers while their students complete worksheets
The seventh grade science teachers should keep their rooms quiet rather than play sound if they want their students to score well on worksheets
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are the steps of the scientific method in order?
Problem, Observations,Experiment and Procedures, Collect data, Research, Hypothesis, Analyze results, Conclusion
stop, drop and roll
Problem, Observations, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment and Procedures, Collect data, Analyze results, Conclusion
Identify a problem, Research and brainstorm solutions, Design solutions, Construct a prototype, Test and evaluate, Communicate results
- 12. Multiple Choice
What are the steps of the design process in order?
Problem, Observations,Experiment and Procedures, Collect data, Research, Hypothesis, Analyze results, Conclusion
stop, drop and roll
Problem, Observations, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment and Procedures, Collect data, Analyze results, Conclusion
Identify a problem, Research and brainstorm solutions, Design solutions, Construct a prototype, Test and evaluate, Communicate results
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which is a qualitative observation?
My cat weighs 190 kilograms
My cat is 122 centimeters tall
My cat is species panthera leo (a lion)
My cat is 3x heavier than me
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which is a quantitative observation?
My uncle snores in his sleep
My uncle napped for 3 hours
My uncle is wearing his brown sweatshirt
My uncle is a big old silly head
- 15. Multiple Choice
Whenever Mr. Ferris' students hear or read something, they respectfully question it to see if it is true. Mr. Ferris' students are ________________.
Skeptical
Biased
Flatulent
Caffeinated
- 16. Multiple Choice
Mr. Livingston's students are playing Quizlet Live and one of the teams is named the "Camels". Mr. Livingston's favorite animal is the camel, so Mr. Livingston wanted them to win. Mr. Livingston is ________________.
Skeptical
Biased
Horrified
Theoretical
- 17. Multiple Choice
Your friend, Dew Fuss, tells you he is not going to wash his hands because "germ theory is just a theory". You love your friend and clarify that he can trust a scientific theory because it is...
An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
a guess that we don't have evidence of, but we are pretty sure is true
An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from one or two observations and investigations.
An explanation of observations or events that is based on smart people's opinions
- 18. Multiple Choice
A scientific law is...
a law that describes a pattern in nature that is likely true
a law that describes a pattern in nature that is always true
a rule in society that has to be followed or legal consequences will insue
a vocal exercise from Mr. Zimmerman's choir class: "law law law law laaaaaaaaaaw law law law"
- 19. Multiple Choice
Mrs. Wheeler wants to see if the texture of the floor affects how far she can slide in her socks. What is the DEPENDENT variable?
The distance she slides in her socks
The type of socks she wears
The texture of the floor
Her ability to balance as she slides
- 20. Multiple Choice
Mrs. Wheeler wants to see if the texture of the floor affects how far she can slide in her socks. What detail should she keep the same to make sure this is a controlled experiment?
The distance she slides in her socks
The type of socks she wears
The texture of the floor
Her ability to balance as she slides
- 21. Multiple Choice
Your friend, Sil Lee, wants to come up with a plan to disprove the scientific theory that all living things are made of cells. You say "HAH! Good Luck! The only way a to revise or replace a scientific theory is to...
Get enough people to agree that it is wrong
Confuse the public so that they no longer understand the theory
Use the scientific method to find evidence that does not support the theory
Get Mr. Ferris to wave a magic wand to make all cells disappear
- 22. Multiple Choice
Mrs. Wheeler is trying to buy a new ramp for her BMX bike. She already has a one ramp that she uses all the time and she wants another just like it. She measures it out with her hands and tells the ramp-maker "I would like a ramp that is 30 hands long". Her ramp turned out too small! : ( Why dd this happen and how could she have gotten exactly what her wanted?
The ramp-maker had smaller hands; she could have used her feet instead
The ramp-maker had bigger hands; she could have used a standard system of measurement
The ramp-maker had smaller hands; she could have used a standard system of measurement
The ramp-maker had bigger hands; she could have used her feet instead
- 23. Multiple Choice
Mr. Ferris is teaching Mr. Livingston how to make his delicious apple cider. He is going to write down the volume that his recipe makes using the metric system (SI units). His recipe makes:
1 gallon
2 liters
2.5 quarts
3 kilograms
- 24. Multiple Choice
Mr. Livingston wants to find the mass of his cactus using the metric system (SI Units). His cactus is...
250 grams
45 lbs
2 liters
0.65 meters
- 25. Multiple Choice
Find the average:
2, 4, 1, 4, 4
1
2
3
4
- 26. Multiple Choice
Mr. Livingston wants some feedback on his dart-throwing skills seen in this picture. You tell him he has...
High Accuracy & High Precision
High Accuracy & Low Precision
Low Accuracy & High Precision
Low Accuracy & Low Precision
- 27. Multiple Choice
Mrs. Wheeler wants feedback on her dart-throwing skills (seen in the picture). You tell her she has...
High Accuracy & High Precision
High Accuracy & Low Precision
Low Accuracy & High Precision
Low Accuracy & Low Precision
- 28. Multiple Choice
Your best friend, Beyonce, measures her microphone three times and gets:
11.2 cm, 11.3 cm, 11.1 cm
Her microphone is actually 10.5 cm long
Beyonce's measurements are...
both accurate and precise
accurate
precise
neither accurate nor precise
- 29. Multiple Choice
Convert 4.55 km to m
4,550 m
4,550,000 m
455 m
0.00455 m
- 30. Multiple Choice
Convert 5.88 ml to L
0.00588 L
588 L
5,880 L
0.0588 L
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which is larger?
1.8 kg or 180 g
1.8 kg
180 g
They are equal
- 32. Multiple Choice
Convert 2.35 cm to m
2.35 m
235 m
0.0235 m
0.00235 m
- 33. Multiple ChoiceConvert 300 meters to centimeters:3000 cm0.3 cm30,000 cm3 cn
- 34. Multiple ChoiceIs 4,000 mg greater than, less than, or equal to 4 g?greater thanless thanequal to
- 35. Multiple ChoiceHow would you write 4.3756 x 104 in standard form?437,560,0000.0004375643,7564,3756
- 36. Multiple Choice
How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?
50 x 105
5 x 10- 4
5 x 10- 3
.5 x 103
- 37. Multiple Choice
The first number in scientific notation has to be ...
between 0 and 10
higher than 12
between 1 and 10
lower than 6
- 38. Multiple Choice
The second number in scientific notation has to be...
a negative/opposite number
and exponent with base 4
an exponent with base 10
a positive number
- 39. Multiple Choice
Convert 120 mg to cg
1,200
20
12
120,000
- 40. Multiple Choice
Convert 247 m to cm AND mm
300 cm and 3 mm
240 cm and 7 mm
200 cm and 3 mm
50 cm and 5 mm
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