6th Grade Midterm

Observations that are made using numbers or measurements.

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

• variable

• constant

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A prediction that can be tested is called...

• constant

• hypothesis

• variable

• dependent variable

A well designed experiment should be repeated.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Scientific investigation is...

• the way scientists study the natural world

• guessing on everything

• observations dealing with numbers and amounts

• comparing ideas and data to reach a conclusion about them

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Counted the number of barnacles on a boat would be what type of data?

• qualitative

• quantitative

• quick

• quiver

Evaluating is....

• the process of making an inference based on prior knowledge

• observations that deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed with numbers

• comparing ideas and data to reach a conclusion about them

• a way of learning about the natural world

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Describing the barnacles on a boat would be what type of data?

• qualitative

• quantitative

What are two words that should be in your hypothesis?

• I think

• It will

• If...then..

• No idea

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An independent variable is...

• what you can NOT control: the effect

• what you change and control in an experiment: the cause

A dependent variable is...

• what you can NOT control: the effect

• what you change and control in an experiment: the cause