Scientific Ways of Acquiring Knowledge and Solving Problems

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Multiple Choice

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What is the correct order of steps in the scientific method?

Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, and analyze results.

Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, and draw conclusions.

Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, and draw conclusions.

Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, ask a question, and draw conclusions.

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following questions is best considered as scientific?

Who invented electricity?

How long did dinosaurs live on Earth?

How many koalas are there in Australia?

Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?

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What is the process of obtaining information using your senses?

Inquiry

Conclusion

Observation

Scientific Method

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A skill in which you group things. What is it?

Observing

Predicting

Classifying

Estimating

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Multiple Choice

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What do you call an idea or explanation that you test through study and experimentation?

Question

Hypothesis

Conclusion

Observation

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Multiple Choice

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When you have an exact figure or number in an experiment, you are giving

measurement

estimation

question

conclusion

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Multiple Choice

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A scientist is already contemplating whether the data of his experiments support his hypothesis. At this point the scientist is ________________.

asking a question

making observations

drawing a conclusion

forming a hypothesis

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Multiple Choice

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

Theory

Inference

Conclusion

Experiment

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Multiple Choice

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When scientist shares her findings with other scientists, she is _________________.

experimenting

analyzing data

making a hypothesis

communicating results

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Multiple Choice

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In which step of the scientific method do we want to use graphs?

Analyze data

Asking questions

Make hypothesis

Communicate results

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Multiple Choice

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Why is the Scientific Method an important process in doing experiments?

It takes more work but it’s worth it.

It helps the experiment to take longer and be better.

It ensures that the results can be trusted and repeated.

It ensures that the people doing the experiments are scientific.

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Multiple Choice

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What is the purpose of doing multiple trials in an experiment?

To get as much data as possible.

To make sure the procedure is done correctly every time.

Eliminate observations that are not typical and reduce errors.

To double-check the results so they are the same each time.

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Multiple Choice

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A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions.

Experiment

Hypothesis

Observation

Scientific method

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