Scientific Processes & Skills

Choose the correct order of steps of the scientific method:

• Conclusion, Analyze Data, Experiment, Hypothesis, Research, Observation/Question

• Observation/Question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze Data, Conclusion

• Question, Predict, Test, Modify, Results

• Independent variable, dependent variable, constants, control

A statement that can be tested experimentally is a

• Variable

• Model

• Generalization

• Hypothesis

Which of the following methods would not be appropriate ways to analyze data?

• Prepare a graph

• Measure the mass and volume

• Calculate percent error

• Determine the slope of the line

If a student pours exactly 50 mL of water into a cylinder and then places a rock into the cylinder and the measurement for the cylinder plus the rock is 67 mL, what is the volume of the rock?

• 7 mL

• 17 mL

• 50 mL

• 67 mL

“The solution is blue.”

• This statement is Qualitative.

• This statement is Quantitative.

“The room is at 50⁰F”

• This statement is Qualitative.

• This statement is Quantitative.

“Sample A is heavier than B.”

• This statement is Qualitative.

• This statement is Quantitative.

In the statement below choose the phrase that is an observation,

“Logan said, ‘No one knew the boy in the front row of class. He was wearing a red shirt and a big smile. He must be new and I’ll bet he is smart.”

• No one knew the boy in the front row of class.

• He was wearing a red shirt and a big smile.

• He must be new

• …I’ll bet he is smart.

A line with a length of 14.5 cm has a length of ________ m

• 14.5 m

• 140.5 m

• 0.145 m

• 0.0145 m

A sample of 1.06 L of water is equivalent to ________ mL

• 0.00106 mL

• 10.6 mL

• 106 mL

• 1060 mL