8th Science - Nature of Science Review

Science is _______.

• The process of studying the natural world

• The group used as a comparison

• The group given special treatment

• The variable the scientist changes

An experiment can best be described as ______.

• An educated guess

• science

• the scientific method

• A controlled observation used to test a hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A variable can best be described as _____.

• what the scientist changes

• something in science that can change

• what the scientists measures

• noticing something using one of your 5 senses

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Data can best be described as ______.

• something in science that can change

• using one of your 5 senses to notice something

• information collected in a science experiment

• an educated guess

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The natural world can best be described as ______.

• The portion of the universe that science can study

• Something that cannon be studied in science

• information collected in a scientific investigtion

• something in science that can change

Making observations, asking questions, creating hypotheses, conducting experiments, analyzing data, and making conclusions are all _______.

• being subjective

• being biased

• being objective

• steps in the scientific method

Bias can best be described as ______.

• making an educated guess

• having a personal opinion that can affect the outcome of an experiment

• looking for patterns in data

• not having a personal opinion

The control group is the group that _____.

• is the group that gets the special treatment

• is used as a comparison

The dependent variable can best be described as _______.

• the variable that does not change

• the variable the scientist changes

• the variable the scientist measures at the conclusion of an experiment

• all of the options listed

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A hypothesis can best be described as _______;

• A question asked at the start of an experiment after an observation is made

• A tentative (can change) statement that proposes some possible explanation to a phenomenon or event that is testable

   

• None of the options listed

• All the of the options listed