Scientific Inquiry Test

A _____ is a descriptive statement or equation that describes a repeatable pattern in nature.

• hypothesis

• law

• conclusion

• theory

A _____ is an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.

• hypothesis

• law

• conclusion

• theory

Is a scientific law or scientific theory more likely to change?

• law

• theory

What is the first step of the scientific method?

• form a hypothesis

• research

• ask a question

• draw conclusions

Which of the following describes a hypothesis?

• an experiment

• your best "educated guess" of what the answer to your question will be

• a testable idea

• whatever the teacher tells you is the truth

• both B and C

What do you do immediately after you test the hypothesis?

• research

• analyze results

• communicate results

• draw conclusions

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What do you do immediately after you ask a question?

• analyze the problem

• test the hypothesis

• form a hypothesis

• answer the question

In this step of the scientific method, you think about all of the possible answers to your question and pick one.

• draw the experiment

• analyze results

• draw conclusions

• form a hypothesis

In this step of the scientific method you are gathering and organizing all of the information gained from when you tested your hypothesis. In which step does this happen?

• draw the experiment

• analyze results

• draw conclusions

• form a hypothesis

When a conclusion does not fix the problem, which step of the scientific method should you return to?

• communicate results

• form a new hypothesis

• ask a new question

• test the hypothesis in a new way