Nature of Science - TEST

Front

Which of these questions would be part of a true scientific experiment?

• What happens when you add Mentos to coke?
• Does the type of salt affect the fluffiness of the cake?
• What is the best soda brand?
• How do you make homemade play-doh?

Back

Does the type of salt affect the fluffiness of the cake?

Front

Which is the best scientific question?

• Who prefers multicolored bouncy balls over solid colored bouncy balls?
• What makes a ball bounce?
• Why do some bouncy balls bounce higher than others?
• Does increasing the temperature of a bouncy ball change the height it bounces?

Back

Does increasing the temperature of a bouncy ball change the height it bounces?

Front

Which of the following observations are quantitative?

• The cloud is fluffy.
• The cup is blue.
• The dog has 2 spots.
• The cat has stripes.

Back

The dog has 2 spots.

Front

A testable if/then statement made about a question is a:

Back

Hypothesis

Front

The factor that you make different for the purpose of experimenting is:

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Independent variable

Front

Noticing the environment with the five senses is called

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Observing

Front

The factors that are different because they are responding to the experiment, not because the person experimenting changed them are: Controls, Independent variables, Observations, Dependent variables

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Dependent variables

Front

The difference between the largest and smallest numbers in a data set is:

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Range

Front

What is an inference?

Back

Using observations to form an opinion or idea.

Front

Factors in an experiment that are kept the same in each trial throughout the entire experiment are called:

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Constants