8th Grade Science Accumulative Review

What is the systematic study of natural events and conditions?

• Psychology

• Science

• Math

• Pseudoscience

To set aside your personal feelings, moods, and beliefs while you evaluate something.

• Logic

• Skepticism

• Objectivity

• Curiosity

To reason through information and make conclusions supported by the evidence

• Logic

• Skepticism

• Objectivity

• Careful Observation

When you don't accept everything you hear or read immediately

• Logic

• Skepticism

• Objectivity

• Creativity

What is a factor, usually being measured or observed, that responds to, or depends on, another factor.

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Controlled Variable
• Hypothesis

What is the reproduction of a scientific investigation by another person to ensure accuracy.

• Replication
• Repetition

What are making multiple sets (trials) of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation.

• Repetition
• Replication

What is the variable manipulated by the experimenter in order to study changes in the outcome variable?

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Controlled Variable
• Hypothesis

What is a statement that can be tested scientifically through experiments and/or other scientific investigations.

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Controlled Variable
• Hypothesis

We tested the effect of water temperature on how fast a sugar cube dissolves. What was the independent variable?

• Time to Dissolve
• Amount of Water
• Water Temperature
• Beaker Size