SSA Final Review Quiz 1

Which statement about scientific investigations is true?

• They require multiple and repeatable trials for reliability

• Change many variables to acquire as much data as possible

• Data collection must be under uncontrolled conditions

• None of these are true

New data was discovered by a scientist that doesn't support his hypothesis. What should he do?

• Analyze the data to conduct new experiments

• Change the data to match the hypothesis

• Change the hypothesis to match the data

• Do more experiments until the data matches the hypothesis

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This is what a scientist would expect to happen every time under the same set of conditions.

• Scientific Law

• Scientific Theory

• Prediction

• Conclusion

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Which of the following is needed for a Scientific Theory?

• All of these

• Consensus among many scientists

• Multiple observations

• Multiple trials

Elijah wants to know which type of soil is best for growing flowers. What would be his Independent Variable?

• Different types of Soil

• How tall the flowers grow

• How colorful the flowers are

• How much water to put on the soil

Hailey conducts an experiment to find out which food her dog prefers. What is her Dependent Variable?

• How much food her dog ate

• Different brands of dog food

• What time of day she fed her dog

• None of these

Andromeda is a large collection of stars, dust, and gases held together by gravity. What is it?

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Nebula

• Super Nova

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Two stars look the same from Earth. Star A is closer to Earth than Star B. Which is true?

• Star B is brighter than Star A

• Star A is larger than Star B

• Star B is larger than Star A

• Star A is brighter than Star B

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Which of the following does the Moon's gravitational pull have on Earth?

• Earth's tides

• Moon Phases

• Earth's seasons

• Earth's rotation and orbit around the Sun

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Which of the following does the illustration represent?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Full Moon

• All of these

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