
Test Review - Scientific Basics
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5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What field of work has been most impacted as DNA technology has improved?
Banking
forensic analysis
international trade
electronics manufacturing
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A student conducted an experiment to test whether talking to plants would help them to grow faster. He set up the following two groups:
Plant Group 1: spoken to and hand watered
Plant Group 2: not spoken to and watered with sprinklers
After three weeks, the plants in Group 1 showed much more growth than those in Group 2. Based on the results of this experiment, which is the best conclusion?
They are valid because the student ran a controlled experiment.
They are valid because the dependent variable caused a change in the independent variable
They are not valid because the time frame to grow a plant is too short
They are not valid because the student did not control all the variables that can affect plant growth.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What would most likely be included in the “Analysis” section of a lab report?
a discussion of any errors in the experimental data
a list of the supplies that were used in conducting the experiment
suggestions for new experiments based on the results
a description of what the dependent and independent variables were
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A scientist wants to use a model to help present the results of his detailed scientific investigation. Why would a model be useful?
because the model makes the concepts easier to understand
because the model is easy to put together and to use
because the model prevents other scientists from asking questions
because the model requires the audience to pay full attention to it
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In an investigation that uses the scientific method, which step immediately follows making a hypothesis?
summarizing the results
asking a question
making observations
designing an experiment
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Any process used to ask and answer testable questions about observations of the natural world” defines which term?
scientific consensus
scientific inquiry
scientific conclusion
scientific hypothesis
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A student is applying the scientific method to a study of the effect of temperature on plant growth. Each day he writes down the temperature and plant height measurements in a table in his laboratory notebook. Which step of the scientific method does this describe?
communicating results
designing an experiment
drawing conclusions
collecting and recording data
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