Intro to Science Practice

What do scientists use to represent objects or processes that cannot be directly observed?

• model

• theory

• law

• hypothesis

Information that you get from your senses(sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) are_________

• Inferences

• Observations

• Things

• Fake

The thing you change in an experiment is the _______ variable

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Changing

The thing you measure in an experiment is the _____ variable

• Dependent

• Independent

• Control

• Measuring

What is an inference?

• A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

• A guess

• Observations

• A conclusion based on no evidence

The things you keep the same in an experiment are the _______ variables.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Same

Data is

• the information you collect from an experiment

• fake news

• a character in star trek

• boring

The independent variable is ______________.

• the variable that is measured.

• the variable that is on its on and does not interact with the experiment.

• the variable that is purposely changed.

• the variable that does not use quantitative data.

Which statement is an inference?

• The dogs are in grass.

• There are two dogs.

• The dogs are friends.

• The dogs are carrying a stick.

Which is statement is an observation?

• The dogs are friends.

• The dogs are running to their owner.

• The dogs are different colors.

• The dogs are mad at each other.