Life science quiz 1

Scientists use _________________ to visualize problems or ideas.

• models

• pickles

• frogs

• standards

Scientists make ___________________ about the world around them.

• observations

• opinions

Scientists design _____________________ to test ideas, theories, and hypothesis about the world around them.

• experiments

• observations

• tests

• fairs

What is a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions?

• scientific method

• experimenting

• playing

• making a mess

The change that is tested in an experiment.

• hypothesis

• data

• variable

• observation

Uses your senses to gather information.

• observation

• variable

• hypothesis

• data

What are three common kinds of scientific models?

• physical, psychological, conceptual

• physical, mathematical, conceptual

• biological, chemical, mathematical

• mathematical, chemical, physical

What is the advantage of creating a model of a dinosaur?

• they are too large to easily study

• they are too complicated to study

• Real dinosaurs cannot be studied because they are extinct

• The model is safer to work with.

___________________ is an explanation for many observations

• meniscus
• weight
• law
• theory

What two words should be in your hypothesis?

• I think

• If ...then...

• It will

• No idea