Science Skills Vocab Quiz

Which of the following is an example of an OBSERVATION?

• I think the honeybee is the primary pollinator

• The flower is probably poisonous

• The flower has been blooming for about 5 days

• The flower has pink flower petals

An INFERENCE can best be described as

• an educated guess

• a fact gathered by the senses

• data containing only numbers

• data containing only description

If I record the following data "the marble has a volume of 5 mL." It is an example of

• a hypothesis

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• an inference

Data that contains only description is known as

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• hypothetical data

• invalid data

"If bird seed is placed on the north side of the garden, then the robins will not frequent the bird feeder" is an example of

• quantitative data

• a hypothesis

• an independent variable

• a theory

The variable that is changed in an experiment is the

• constant

• dependent variable

• control

• independent variable

The variable that changes as a result of the experiment and is located on the Y axis of a graph is the

• Dependent Variable

• Hypothesis

• Independent Variable

• Control

Part of an experiment that receives no experimental treatment. Is a basis for comparison.

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Independent Variable

• Constant

A well tested hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

• Variable

• Inference

The basic unit of length in the metric system

• meter

• centimeter

• liter

• yard