The Nature of Science Test

1. Students look out a window for 5 minutes. They record the number, the type, and the color of the vehicles that pass. What are the students doing?

• concluding

• experimenting

• hypothesizing

• observing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

1. A doctor says that drinking two glasses of milk in the morning will give students more energy. He has data from scientific investigations about drinking milk in the morning. This data is his what?

• inference

• evidence

• procedure

• control group

1. Kyle is wondering what he is getting for his birthday. He decides to shake the box that contains his present. Kyle did not realize it, but he was acting like a scientist. What was the first step Kyle took in this situation that a scientist also takes?

• asking a question

• collecting evidence

• drawing a conclusion

• developing an explanation

Tags

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

Which of these is not a scientific investigation?

• performing a controlled experiment

• using a model to test a hypothesis

• observing how five caterpillars change into butterflies

• writing a letter about how it's important to protect plants and animals

What do we call step-by-step instructions for completing a task?

• data

• control group

• procedure

• precision

A statement of what you think will happen during an investigation.

• inference

• precision

• hypothesis

• accuracy

A standard against which change is measured. This is the group you compare to in your experiment.

• control group

• experiment

• inference

• data

Information from which a conclusion can be drawn. This is what you collect when you are performing your investigation:

• control group

• experiment

• inference

• data

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What type of investigation is where scientists use an object to represent something because what they are studying has too many parts, is too large, or is too hard to study?

• sampling

• survey

• model

• experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

What tool measures liquid volume?

• graduated cylinder

• thermometer

• microscope

• stopwatch