Nature of Science Test Review

The _ is an organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists.

• scientific method

• scientific law

• scientific theory

A _ is an educated guess or testable prediction

• control

• hypothesis

• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An organized procedure for testing a hypothesis is a(n) _.

• experiment

• independent variable

• constant

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A rule of nature that sums up related observations to describe a pattern in nature is a _.

• scientific law

• hypothesis

• scientific theory

A _ is an explanation based on experiments or the most logical explanation.

• hypothesis

• scientific law

• scientific theory

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The _ is the base metric unit of liquid volume.

• gram

• liter

• ounce

The symbol km is used to describe a _.

• kilometer

• kilomass

• kectameter

The amount of space occupied by an object is _.

• mass

• volume

• density

A _ is a visual display of information or data.

• graph

• picture

• diagram

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

In a line graph, the _ axis is called the y-axis.

• vertical

• horizontal

• independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1