Nature of Science Quiz

What is the definition of an experiment?

• A prediction that answers your scientific question

• Using your five senses to gather information about the world

• A project that tests your hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the definition for an observation?

• A project that tests your hypothesis

• Using your five senses to gather information about the world

• A prediction that answers your scientific question

• It's a unicorn. For real.

A statement that tells what an investigation showed, based on observations and data.

• control group

• conclusion

• investigation

• observation

A group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparison to the experimental group; a group that is untreated by the factor being tested.

• investigation

• experiment

• variable

• control group

Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation.

• data

• trials

• valid

• control group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question.

• investigation

• hypothesis

• experiment

• control group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An explanation based on evidence that is not directly observed.

• investigation

• hypothesis

• data

• inference

Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.

• observation

• investigation

• experiment

• hypothesis

To state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation.

• predict

• hypothesis

• observation

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation.

• valid

• trials

• hypothesis

• scientific method

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4