20Q STEPS IN A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION KSSM F1

What is happening to the temperature in New York City?

• It is remaining about the same.
• It is mostly decreasing.
• It is mostly increasing.
• There is a pattern of increasing and decreasing.

That this animal has fur is an...

• inference
• conclusion
• observation
• opinion

The number of apples in this basket is ______________________ data?

• quantitative
• qualitative
• independent
• dependent

The dependent variable in this experiment is - 

• Number of Bacteria
• Time of Incubation
• Culture Number
• Type of Bacteria

A biology class of 24 students decides to measure the height of each student and then calculate the average height for the class. Which of these is a possible source of error in this activity?

• The number of males and females in the class
• The difference in the ages of the students in the class
• The total number of students in the class
• The accuracy of making and recording measurements

Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?

• Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.
• If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.
• If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
• If a tennis ball is frozen, then it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen.

Which following statement is an inference?

• The boy is in pain.
• The boy's knee is bleeding.
• The boy has tears coming from his eyes.

As the temperature increased, did the amount of solute that dissolved increase or decrease?

• Increase
• Decrease

If I give a plant fertilizer, then it will grow taller than the plant that was normal and got no fertilizer.  What part of the scientific method is this statement?

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Constant
• Hypothesis

The condition of the plant has changed because I gave it fertilizer.  The other plant got no change (the control).

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Constant
• Control