Scientific Method Assessment

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

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NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the dependent variable is ...

• The type of plant

• The amount of sunlight

• The plant growth

• The type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which is an example of an qualitative observation?

• There is 13 trees

• There are red, blue, and yellow birds

The variable(s) you keep the same in a science experiment

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable

Identify the Independent variable from this question......

What brand of bleach whitens spaghetti stains on clothes better?

• Clothes whiteness

• Stains

• Brand of bleach

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Identify the dependent variable from this question......

Which makes water freeze faster salt or sugar

• how fast the water freezes

• salt

• sugar

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

I opened the cabinet and a smell hit me like a ton of bricks. An entire loaf of bread was molded. I wonder if bread molds faster in the direct sunlight or in darkness.

Which is a correct hypothesis statement?

• Bread molds faster in the sunlight

• If I put bread in the sun then it will mold faster.

• Bread molds either way

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Experiment: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?

• Type of gasoline
• how fast the car can drive