Final Exam Review

1. What is Science?

• Science is the understanding of the physical and natural world and how it works

• a subject required for you to take

• only the study of plants and animals

• only the study of the environment and space

2. What is science based on?

• facts to explain the natural world

• opinions of the smartest people

• knowledge of scientists only

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

3. What is a fact?

• something that you feel certain about

• is a bit of information that is true

• information that everyone agrees on

• something that sounds smart

4. What is data?

• factual information that you collect from an experiment, observation, or investigation

• numbers you come up with

• whatever google says

• optional proof

5. In order to gain scientific information, scientists take a series of steps that allow us to investigate and answer scientific questions. What is this series of steps called?

• the scientific method

• lab instructions

• science procedures

• there is no name

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

6. Which of the following is an example of an opinion?

• Humans and animals require oxygen to live

• New Designs Charter is the school I attend

• LA is the best city in the world

• There are 5280 feet in a mile

7. Waldriana would like to investigate the effect of temperature on the amount of food birds eat. What should she do FIRST to begin her investigation?

• develop a question

• conduct background research

• design an experiment

• come up with a theory

8. After you come up with a question and do background research, you need to come up with a hypothesis, which is a testable explanation to a problem that you are trying to explore. What two things must your hypothesis be?

• easy and fun

• testable and falsifiable

• true and verifiable

• short and simple

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

9. Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer

• experiment

• problem

• safety check

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

10. The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is known as the ________

• conclusion

• procedures

• materials

• responding variable

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5