Scientific Explanation and Model
Authored by Sherie Mangohig
Science
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a scientific explanation?
Any explanation that a scientist makes.
An idea (or hypothesis) about how the natural world might work.
Any explanation that fits some of the data.
An explanation based on observations and measurements that fits all the data.
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NGSS.MS-LS1-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is science?
The study of the natural world by any means.
A body of knowledge about how the world works.
The study of the natural world through observation and experiment.
None of the other answers are correct.
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NGSS.HS-PS1-2
NGSS.HS-PS2-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a scientific explanation?
Things fall to the ground because of force of gravity causes all objects in the universe to attract each other.
Sugar is bad for you because it makes you hyper.
Water forms droplets because it has a high surface tension due to the attraction between the molecules.
The sky is blue because blue light is scattered by the air molecules.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How are scientific explanations evaluated?
They are checked to see if they fit the current evidence, and any predictions they make are tested with more experiments.
None of the other answers are correct.
They are checked to see if they fit the current evidence.
Any predictions they make are tested with more experiments.
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NGSS.HS-PS1-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why should a scientific explanation make testable predictions?
Because scientists are more interested in the future than the past.
None of the other answers are correct.
Because otherwise there's usually no way to check if it's true or not.
It doesn't need to make testable predictions.
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NGSS.MS-LS1-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do scientists revise models?
Because science is always open to new data, and sometimes our understanding is simplified or limited.
Because the way the natural world works changes over time.
To fit their personal ideologies.
Because scientists often turn out to be wrong.
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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT an example of a potential use of a computer model?
Simulating car crashes for safety tests
Predicting the course of climate change
Modeling fire for a Hollywood movie
Creating a flowchart of how an office works
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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4
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