ES: pre-quiz

An organized approach to learn how the natural world works.

• experiment

• scientific method

• theory

• prediction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Gathering knowledge through your 5 senses (sight, taste, smell, hear, & touch).

• theory

• prediction

• hypothesis

• observation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A possible explanation for how the natural world works.

• hypothesis

• theory

• prediction

• peer review

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The group that does not change. It is used for a comparison to the experimental group

• control group

• experimental group

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

The variable that the scientist is controlling (Ex: how much water a plant receives)

• independent variable

• dependent variable

The dependent variable that the scientist is measuring (Ex: how tall the plant grows)

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Looking over someone else’s work.

• peer review

• theory

• observation

• prediction

When watching an organism in the wild taking note of their behaviors, what is that called?

• testing variables

• watching a control group

• making observations

• applying a stimulus

When scientists read a paper you want to publish in a journal and try to see if they can replicate, what are they doing?

• developing a hypothesis

• developing a theory

• peer review

• data collection

Which of these statements reflects effort by scientists to the goals of science?

• They make observations and conduct experiments to establish facts.

• They emphasize data that support their hypothesis and ignore data that does not support their hypothesis

• They attempt to resolve questions of beliefs instead of facts.

• They review and revise current explanation when new evidence arises.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2