Science Skills Quiz

Possible Explanation for a set of observations or answer to a question.

• Prediction
• Hypothesis
• Inference
• Science

Keeping all variables the same except for one 

• Controlled 
• Independent

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 interpretation of an observation

• 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 the scientist changes in an experiment to see how it affects something else 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 and is used as a basis for comparison.

• Dependent Variable

• Control Group

• Independent Variable

• Constant