The Exquisite Science Inquiry Skills Quiz

Which senses are used in the laboratory (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• Smell

• Sight

• Hearing

• Taste

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

How to best measure the mass of a cool drink in a bottle?

• Place the bottle of cool drink on a digital balance

• Use a graduated cylinder

• Measure the mass of the same volume of water.

• Measure the mass of the full and empty bottle -- then find the difference

Your friend: "My basket ball bounces higher than yours".

You: "Prove it!"

What should your friend do?

• Drop both balls from the same height and check which bounces higher

• Throw both walls against a wall and check which bounces furthest

• Drop the balls from different heights and check which bounces higher

• Throw the balls to the ground and check which bounces higher

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What graph is best suited to show the number of petals* for different flower types (*petal = coloured leaves of a flower).

• Pie graph

• Line graph

• Bar graph (or column graph)

• Line graph (or column graph)

I believe the number of lemons produced by a lemon tree increases when the tree receives more water. This statement is

• A hypothesis

• A law

• A variable

• A conclusion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A possible explanation based on observation and personal knowledge

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Procedure

• Inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

You test the swings of a pendulum and say:

""the time for one swing would be longer for the heavier pendulums"

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This statement is best described as a

• observation

• inference

• hypothesis

• variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which description best defines a "hypothesis"?

• A hypothesis is a record of what we actually see.

• A hypothesis is an expression of what we think is happening

• A hypothesis is a description which needs to be followed in order to obtain results.

• A hypothesis is a general statement or explanation which can be tested by an experiment.

Using one or more of your senses to gather information.

• inferring
• classifying
• observing

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NGSS.4-LS1-2

NGSS.5-PS1-3

A teacher noticed the following points about a student doing a test.

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What is an example of an INFERENCE?

• The student was silent

• The student was scratching her head

• The student was sighing

• The student obviously did not study