scientific skills year 5

Diagram 1 shows a pupil carrying out an activity in the field.

Which skills is being used by the pupil?

• A. Experimenting

• B. Interpreting data

• C. Observing

• D. Seeing

The following match shows the classification of objects according to their characteristics.

P - Thumb tacks, Metal spoon

Q - Pencil, Book

What are the characteristics used to classify objects P and Q?

• A. P : Magnetic material

  Q : Non-magnetic material

• B. P : Non-magnetic material

  Q : Magnetic material

• C. P : Magnetic material

  Q : Magnetic material

• D. P : Non-magnetic material

  Q : Non-magnetic material

The following information is obtained through an investigation.

[The brightness of the bulb depends on the number of batteries used]

Based on the information provided, what hypothesis can you make from the investigation above?

• A. The more the number of batteries used, the brighter the light bulb.

• B. The lighter the light bulb, the more the number of batteries used.

• C. The lesser the number of the batteries used, the brighter the light bulb.

• D. The dimmer the light bulb, the lesser the number of batteries used.

Diagram 2 shows some apparatus in a Science room.

What is the manipulative skills that needs to be practised?

• A. Handling the apparatus

• B. Cleaning the apparatus

• C. Storing the apparatus correctly

• D. Hiding the apparatus correctly

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.

• responding variable

• manipulated variable

• data

• control group

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• yes
• no

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which type of variable must always stay the same in order to make the experiment accurate?

• Constant Variable

• Manipulated Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Responding Variable

What sense is used to observe a cat?

• sense of touch

• sense of sight

• sense of hearing

• sense of taste

A student hypothesized that robins prefer large birdhouses to small ones. He build four birdhouses of different sizes to test his hypothesis. What was the manipulated variable in the students study?

• The size of the birdhouse

• The number of birds in the house

• The location of the birdhouse

• The season of the year

When you use the senses to gather information, you are
_______________________.

• inferring
• predicting
• experimenting
• observing

Tags

NGSS.K-ESS2-1