Nature of Science

 An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions is called:

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

 A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: 

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

What does science include?

• Asking questions and searching for answers.

• Asking questions and guess the answers.

• Do experiments without asking questions.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Compound

The measurable factor in an experiment is known as the: 

• Control
• Independent Variable
• Constant
• Dependent Variable

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.

• change
• keep the same
• experiment with
• investigate

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Using senses or scientific tools to study the world and describe what is happening

• observation

• inference

• objective

• bias

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-PS1-3

_____ observations are measured using numbers

• qualitative

• quantitative

• qualiferous

• subjective

Which term means described using language?

• qualitative

• quantitative

• objective

• subjective