Quizizz: Process Skills and Scientific Variables

Observations that use descriptive words in its data observed through the five senses.

• quantitative

• inference

• qualitative

• hypothesis

The information that is gathered and recorded in an experiment.

• data

• inference

• conclusion

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The variables that can not be changed in an experiment.

• controlled

• manipulated

• responding

• dependent

The variable that the scientist (you) changes in the experiment.

• controlled

• manipulated

• responding

• dependent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The variable that changes as a result of the experiment that has been done.

• controlled

• manipulated

• responding

• independent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

To be valid, a hypothesis has to be something you can ______ by doing an investigation.

• test

• prove

• predict

• guess

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What kind of observation is this? "Her hair is 6 inches longer than mine."

• qualitative

• quantitative

• inference

• data

The manipulated (independent) variable of "What kind of surface does a ball bounce higher on?"

• The type of ball

• How high the ball bounced

• The type of surface

• The size of the ball

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

10 - Question The responding (dependent) variable of "What kind of surface does a ball bounce higher on?"

• The type of surface

• The height the ball bounces

• The size of the ball

• The type of ball

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A _________ explains what you have observed using past experiences and knowledge.

• conclusion

• inference

• data

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3