Nature of Science Review-Booklet-Day 1.

Nature of Science Review-Booklet

Multiple Choice

The measurable factor in an experiment is known as the: 

• Control
• Independent Variable
• Constant
• Dependent Variable

Multiple Choice

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Compound

Multiple Choice

A scientific idea tested by multiple scientists and supported by multiple lines of tested factual evidence is a...

• Theory

• Scientific Law

• Hypothesis

• Fact

• Data

Multiple Choice

 A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: 

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

Multiple Choice

Happens under very specific conditions in nature.

• hypothesis

• theory

• law

Multiple Choice

Can only be explained mathematically.

• hypothesis

• theory

• law

Multiple Choice

Help us understand laws.

• hypothesis

• theory

• another law

Multiple Choice

Explains HOW nature works.

• hypothesis

• theory

• law

Multiple Choice

A ___ is observed and describes in the natural world what appears to always be true.

• hypothesis

• theory

• law

Multiple Choice

Explains something we see in the natural world that has been verified through repeated experiments or testing.

• hypothesis

• law

• theory