FCAT science review (Nature of Science)

Science is based on __________ and _____________.

• Fact and Opinion
• Observation and Fact
• Random Statements and Theory

An independent variable is:

• What you are testing/changing in the experiment 
• The results that you get from an experiment
• The conclusion you come to from an experiment
• What you expect/predict to happen in an experiment

A dependent variable is:

• What you are testing/changing in the experiment 
• The results that you get from an experiment
• The conclusion you come to from an experiment
• What you expect/predict to happen in an experiment

A hypothesis is:

• What you are testing/changing in the experiment

• What you think the answer to your purposed question is.

• The conclusion you come to from an experiment

• What you expect/predict to happen in an experiment

Which of these questions could NOT be answered with an investigation?

• What plants grow best in this climate?
• What fruit tastes the best?
• How much water does an apple tree need?
• What plants grow well in the shade?

Which helps scientists understand very large objects?

• a survey
• a hypothesis
• a procedure
• a model

Someone who asks questions about the natural world is a(n)

• engineer
• model
• scientist
• teacher

You want to conduct an experiment about the plants in your classroom. What would be your first step?

• Gather materials
• Observe plants
• Ask a question
• Analyze your results

During which step of the Scientific Method do you propose an answer to the question you are investigating?

• Ask a question

• Experiment

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

This group in an experiment does not receive the variable from the experimenter.

• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Control group
• Constant