Science and the Natural World

Which of the following are types of bias?

• objective

• personal

• cultural

• subjective

• experimental

Scientific ________________explain a wide range of observations and experimental data.

• inquiry

• laws

• theories

• reasoning

Scientific ________________ tell us what should happen every time under a certain set of condition.

• inquiry

• laws

• theories

• reasoning

The 1 variable that the experimenter changes the value of is called the _______________ variable

• responding

• controlled

• manipulated

• dependent

The variable the value of is measured during/after the experiment by the experimenter is the _________________ variable

• responding

• controlled

• independent

• manipulated

Scientist change _________ variable(s) during a controlled experiment.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4 or more

A hypothesis must be ____________________.

• correct

• proven true

• testable

• all of the above

Scientific reasoning based on how you feel is ______________________.

• inductive

• deductive

• objective

• subjective

Scientific reasoning based on the data is _____________________.

• inductive

• deductive

• objective

• subjective

When scientists apply a general idea to something they have observed, this type of reasoning is ___________________.

• inductive

• deductive

• objective

• subjective