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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which phrase represents the series of steps followed to solve problems and learn new information in science?
Drawing a conclusion
Analyzing Data
The Scientific Method
Designing an experiment
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following answers shows the correct sequence of steps to follow when using the Scientific Method
observation, hypothesis, question, analyze data, experiment, communicate results, conclusion.
hypothesis, observation, question, experiment, analyze data, conclusion, communicate results.
question, observation, hypothesis, experiment, analyze data, conclusion, communicate results.
observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, analyze data, conclusion, communicate results.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which best describes an observation?
Recording what you see or hear.
Using your 5 senses to learn and understand your environment.
Stating an opinion about an event that you've witnessed.
Seeing an old person in your class on the first day of school and concluding that he is your teacher.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following represents a valid scientific question?
Asking "Does Miracle-Gro" fertilizer cause plants to become taller?"
Stating that "Miracle-Gro" fertilizer causes plants to become taller.
Researching the effects of "Miracle-Gro" fertilizer on plant growth.
Concluding that "Miracle-Gro" fertilizer actually prevents plant growth.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a valid hypothesis?
The adult at the front of the classroom must be the teacher.
The adult at the front of the classroom can't possibly be the teacher.
If the adult stands at the front of the classroom, then he must be the teacher.
If the amount of sugar added to the bread recipe is increased, then the size of the loaf of bread produced will be larger.
- 6. Multiple Choice
In a "controlled" science experiment, how many variables should the scientist manipulate (change) at any one time?
0
1
2
Many variables can be changed at the same time.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement defines a valid conclusion from an experiment?
A summary of the results of an experiment based on evidence or facts relating to the hypothesis.
Posing a question after conducting an experiment.
Creating a data table during a science experiment.
Creating a graph based on the data created during a science experiment.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is the best method for communicating the results of a scientific experiment.
Blabbing about your experiment on Facebook.
Discussing your experiment with friends on Instagram.
Publishing the results of your scientific method in a scientific journal, magazine, or periodical.
Telling all of your friends about what you discovered.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is an experimental design diagram?
A picture of your favorite scientific discovery.
A chart that shows the relationship between the independent and dependent variable.
A diagram that summarizes the important information about your experimental plan, such as a title, the variables, the constants, the control group, number of trials, and hypothesis.
A chart that shows all of your data gathered in a science experiment.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes an independent variable in an experimental plan?
The 1 variable that "I" manipulate in a controlled experiment.
All of the variables that are changed by the experimenter in a controlled experiment.
The event that happens of the 2 things that I change in an experiment.
The responding variable.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the dependent variable in an experimental plan?
Well, it depends on something.
All of the factors that I change in the experiment.
It is the factors that I keep the same in my controlled experiment.
The variable that changes as a result of the 1 factor that I change in the controlled experiment.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which is the best definition of a control group?
All of the factors that I keep the same in the experiment.
The group in the experiment that is not exposed to the experimental treatment.
One of the factors that I always keep the same in the experiment.
All of the factors in the experiment that change as a result of what I did in the experiment.
- 13. Multiple Choice
In an experiment where I change the amount of sugar in a recipe to bake a loaf of bread, which group demonstrates the constants.
The amount of time baked, the brand of flour used, the amount of yeast used.
The amount of time baked, the amount of sugar in the recipe, the amount of yeast used.
The amount of time baked, the amount of sugar in the recipe, the size of the pan the bread is baked in.
The amount of time baked, the amount of sugar in the recipe, the brand of yeast used.
- 14. Multiple Choice
When dissecting a frog, which would be a valid safety precaution?
Use a scalpel to dissect the frog.
Make sure to plug your nose throughout the lab activity because it might be stinky.
Keep the frog's skin moist with wet paper towels.
Wear safety goggles over your eyes to prevent injury while dissecting.
- 15. Multiple Choice
In this scientific experiment, which is the independent variable?
A student wants to determine which brand of soap is most effective at cleaning your skin. She chooses 3 brands of soap. She washes her hands with mud, lets her hands dry, and then washes her hands with one brand of soap. She takes a photograph to document how well her hands were cleaned. She then repeats the same process for the other 2 brands of soap. She determines that soap #2 works the best, based on her photographs.
The mud she washed her hands with.
The photographs of her hands.
The type of soap she washes her hands with.
The amount of dirt left on her hands.
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