Scientific Processes

What are the SI base units?

• inches, feet, miles

• ounces, pints, gallons

• meter, liter, gram, seconds

• a bushel and a peck

Jim Bob measured the temperature in our classroom. Which of the following is the best possible answer in science class?

• 22 degrees Celsius

• 72 degrees Fahrenheit

• 110 degrees Fahrenheit

• 76 degrees

Which is the most accurate tool for measuring volume?

• beaker

• flask

• graduated cylinder

• triple beam balance

Which of the following measure volume?

• pouring liquid in a graduated cylinder and reading it

• dropping an object in water in a graduated cylinder and calculating water displacement

• measuring the length, width, and height of an object then multiplying them

• all of the above

Oh no! You dropped a beaker and it broke! What should you do next?

• Cry

• tell the teacher

• sweep it up

• tell your lab group

Repetition in an investigation makes the data

• accurate

• replicated

• science-y

• in a graph

Which is typically the first step in an investigation?

• Question

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Conclusion

An observation

• is an explanation that may be right or wrong based on what you see

• uses the 5 senses to gain information and is always fact

• may be made during a hypothesis

• is written as an if/then statement

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When finished with a microscope,

• turn it off

• set the stage to the lowest setting

• turn the objectives to the lowest power

• all of the above

Which of the following is measured in an experiment?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

• all of the above

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