Scientific Thinking Quiz 1

These statements cannot be tested and are rather based on a belief, hunch, or gut feeling.

• science

• pseudoscience

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

These types of statements can be tested, replicated, and verified by other scientists.

• science

• pseudoscience

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

These statements consider ALL of the evidence available when drawing a conclusion.

• science

• pseudoscience

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

These statements may "cherry pick" evidence, or over-hype the facts.

• science

• pseudoscience

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

My birthday falls under the sign Sagittarius, therefore that means that I am energetic and adventerous.

• science

• pseudoscience

Pure water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.

• science

• pseudoscience

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The Independent Variable is represented on which Axis?

• A

• X

• B

• Y

What do we put at the top of a graph?

• X axis

• data table

• title

• nothing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the name of the vertical (up and down) axis of the graph?

• X axis

• Y axis

What do we use to pick the numbers for the scale?

• whatever we want

• you must always count by tens

• use your data to pick the scale

• you don't need a scale