Chapter 1 Review NST

The study of energy, motion, sound, light, electricity, magnetism and matter is called...

• Earth and Space Science

• Physical Science

• Life Science

• Biology

A person who studies the oceans would be a ...

• Physical Scientist

• Life Scientist

• Earth and Space Scientist

• Physicist

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The part of the experiment that is changed by the experimenter is called the

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• control
• responding variable

In an experiment where different types of fertilizers are being tested to see how much improvement there is in a certain kind of plant's growth, the dependent variable would be...

• the kind of plant.
• the type of soil
• the amount of growth.
• the kind of fertilizer used.

Explaining or interpreting the things you observe based on reasoning from what you know already is called

• classifying
• predicting
• observing
• inferring

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When scientists create a representation of a complex process, they are:

• inferring
• predicting
• classifying
• making models

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In science, a hypothesis must be 

• correct
• testable
• controlled
• manipulated

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When scientists put things into categories or groups based on their traits it is called

• making models.
• predicting.
• inferring.
• categorizing.

Which of the following are NOT examples of data?

• measurements
• theories
• qualitative data
• quantitative data

What branch of science includes the study of stars?

• Life Science
• Physical Science
• Earth and Space Science
• Scientific Literacy

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