Scientific Method

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales make?

• Making observations

• Drawing conclusions

• interpreting data

• making a hypothesis

Answer explanation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method?

• Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, draw conclusions, communicate results

• Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw conclusions, communicate results

• Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, communicate results

• Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results, communicate results

Which question would be the best high-level scientific question?

• Who made the first microscope?

• Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperaturenat which it boils?

• How many giraffes live in Africa?

• How long ago did dinosaurs live on Earth?

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?

• It is an if/then statement

• It is testable

• It should restate the question

• It is a prediction

An experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using a comparison of a control group and an experimental group is?

• a theory

• a dependent variable

• an independent variable

• a controlled experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following hypothesis is written correctly?

• Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high

• If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high

• If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't won't as high as the one that is not frozen

• If I heat up a tennis ball, it will bounce high

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an

• scientific method

• observation

• inquiry

• conclusion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A way of learning about the natural world is called

• experiment

• hypothesis

• observation

• science

In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called the

• experimental variable

• controlled variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called

• controlled variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• conclusion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2