Nature of Science Test Review 6th Grade

What is the term for when a scientist copies another scientist experiment?

• Replication

• Repetition

What is the variable that you change in an experiment?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Dependent Variable means

• the scientist controls what to test

• educated guess

• ask a question

• what is being measured

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat then you will increase the amount of iron in your blood. What is the dependent variable?

• increase the amount of iron in your blood

• spinach you eat

Independent variable (input)

• What I change

• What I observe and measure

• What remains the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Dependent variable (output)

• What I change

• What I observe and measure

• What remains the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What explains why or how something happens?

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

The __________________ variable is what is changed by the scientist or what is tested in an experiment, the cause.

• Constant

• Independent

• Control

• Dependent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A _____________________ describes what happens in the world under certain circumstances and is universal and unchangeable.

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Which of the following are observations? (Select all the apply)

• The American Flag has red and white stripes.

• I smell peppermint in the classroom.

• It is going to rain today because there are clouds in the sky.

• There are clouds in the sky.

• There is a candle burning because I smell peppermint in the classroom.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8