Nature of Science - Quizizz

Which of these is a qualitative observation?

• There are four walls.

• Twenty people are in the library.

• The sky is cloudy today.

• Four plants are in this room.

Which of these is a quantitative observation?

• Spiders have eight legs.

• The red dress is beautiful.

• The water was cold.

• The sidewalk is smooth.

Science is best known as ______

• A list of facts scientists agree are true

• Testing questions and recording results

• The way the world works

• A study of natural events and conditions

A theory is ______.

• Able to explain laws and facts

• An answer to the question "What happens?"

• A list of instructions to follow when conducting an experiment

• Used to understand the natural world

The independent variable is the ______.

• Variable that changes based on the control variable

• Variable that you manipulate

• Variable that stays the same

• Variable that you are measuring

The dependent variable _________.

• Stays the same

• Is the variable that is measured

• Is the variable that changes the independent variable

• Goes on the x axis

The constant variable is _______.

• The variable that changes based on the dependent variable

• The variable that you change and measure

• Another word for the independent variable

• The variable that stays the same

Theory or Law???  Predicts what will happen in the natural world.

• Law
• Theory

Theory or Law???  Explanation of a wide range of observations?

• Theory
• Law

Theory or Law???  Is a well-tested EXPLANATION for a wide range of observations and experimental results.

• Law
• Theory