SC.5.N.2.1 Evidence and Testable Questions

SC.5.N.2.1 Evidence and Testable Questions

Mrs. Hernandez

Multiple Select

Which of the following questions are testable?

• Are hummingbirds more attracted to one color?

• Is blue a prettier color than green?

• What color car absorbs the most heat?

• Does chocolate ice cream taste better than vanilla ice cream?

Multiple Choice

Is the question testable?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is the question testable?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is the question testable?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is the question testable?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is the question testable?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Flora and her family liked to collect fossils. They went to a quarry where people are allowed to look for fossils. At the end of the day, they gathered together all of the fossils they had found. They sorted and compared their fossils. All the fossils had shells in them. They concluded that the area around the quarry had once been under water. What did Flora’s family do to help them reach this conclusion?

• They compared the fossils from the quarry with fossils they had found at other sites.

• They cleaned and polished the fossils.

• They dug holes in the ground.

• They collected, sorted, and compared all the fossils they found in the quarry.

Multiple Choice

Arnella sometimes leaves bread pieces on her bird feeder for the robins to eat. She is trying to determine which type of bread—rye, wheat, or white—robins like. She hypothesized that robins like wheat bread more than other types of bread. Arnella places equal amounts of each bread on the bird feeder. What information would help determine if her hypothesis is correct?

• when the robins come to eat

• how many robins come to eat

• which type of bread is gone first

• how long until all the bread is gone

Multiple Choice

Julie had four bottles. She wanted to know which bottle could hold the most water. Julie found the mass of each bottle when it was empty. Then she found the mass of each bottle when it was full of water. She recorded the following results. Which bottle held the most water?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Philip observed that more fireflies appeared at his campsite than his

sister’s campsite. She did not believe him. Which is the best way for

Philip to prove to his sister that he is correct?

• Trap the fireflies at each campsite in a jar on one night.

• Observe and record how many fireflies are at each campsite every night for a week.

• Attract more fireflies to his campsite each night.

• Use an insect repellent at her campsite to keep the fireflies away.