HMH Florida Science 4th Grade Unit 1 Lessons 1-3 Review Quiz

What is a scientist?

• A person who asks questions about the natural world

• A person who studies the planets

• A person who studies animals

• A person who studies rocks and minerals

LaShawn places a bowl of plain water, salt water and sugar water in the freezer and check on the bowls every 20 minutes? He records the time when the liquid in each bowl freezes, what is he investigating?

• How each liquid tastes

• How long it takes each bowl to melt

• How each liquid feels to the touch

• How long it takes each bowl to freeze

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What does collaboration mean?

• Working alone

• To disagree with others

• Working with others towards the same goal

• To work against others towards the same goal

What is a mental or physical representation of a process or object?

• studying

• observation

• classification

• model

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Which is a way that scientists use conclusions?

• To decide if their results are correct

• To show other scientists that they are the best at conducting experiments

• To change their hypothesis to match their results

• To decide if they should change their conclusions

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Monica made this chart to display her plant experiment. When scientists display the results of their investigation on a chart like this one what skill are they using?

• observation

• hypothesis

• communication

• investigation

What does hypothesis mean?

• An untested conclusion based on your observations

• A possible explanation or answer to a question; a testable statement

• A procedure carried out to gather data about an object or event

• individual facts, statistics and items of information

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Ethan adds more chocolate chips to his cookie recipe because he thinks they will make the cookies taste better. What do the chocolate chips represent in the inquiry process?

• variable

• conclusion

• question

• hypothesis

Alyssa and Alyshia are studying how far basketballs travel. Each student rolled the basketball and then measured how far each basketball rolled. What part of the scientific inquiry process are they doing?

• communicating results

• making a predictions

• drawing conclusions

• conducting an investigation

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Ava wanted to study the effects of growing plants in the light and in the dark. She created a poster to display her results. What part of the scientific method does the poster represent?

• communicate the data

• predict the data

• hypothesize the data

• classify the data

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