Science & Engineering Practices

A scientific question should be...

• based on opinions

• answered with a yes or no

• open-ended

• closed

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A scientific question should be...

• closed

• testable

• unanswerable

• based on opinions

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A scientific question should...

• NOT be based on opinions

• NOT be based on evidence

• be based on opinions

• answered with a yes or no

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.

• data
• conclusions
• notebook
• inquiry

A quantitative observation includes

• numbers

• words

• colors

• texture

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

How does scientific knowledge change over time?

• taking surveys and opinion polls

• adding websites on the Internet

• collecting new information about the natural world

• asking scientific questions

Which of the following is a quantitative observation?

• The robin egg is blue with brown specks.

• The clouds are lower in the atmosphere today than yesterday.

• The butterfly landed and fed from the purple flowers along the path.

• At the end of the week, the plant heights were 6 in, 11 in., 4 in., and 8 in.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which of the following is a qualitative observation?

• The mass of the sample is 562 grams.

• The temperature was 24 degrees Celsius.

• There were two caterpillars eating the leaf.

• The grizzly bear's summer coat is thin and yellowish.

A DIAGRAM/DRAWING of the earth is an example of a

• model

• chart

• toy

• graph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The variable that is being tested, counted, or measured and is responding to the independent variable is known as 

• Control
• Constant
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2