8th Grade First Semester Science Final

Match the following

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Theory

• Information gathered through the senses

• Inference

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Observation

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Hypothesis

• Educated guess based on research

• Law

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Reorder the following. Everything starts with asking a...

• hypothesis / design

• research

• question / problem

• analyze results

• experiment

Match the following

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Hypothesis

• Educated guess based on research

• Observation

• Information gathered through the senses

• Inference

Match the following

• What happens

• Variable

• Why something happens

• Constant

• stays the same

• Theory

• changes

• Law

Imagine this, Juan and Eason are discussing physics. Juan says, 'The ​ (a)   of Gravity states that objects pull on each other (the bigger object wins).' Eason counters, 'Well, the ​ (b)   of Relativity says that might happen because matter bends space (Maybe. Probably. It's our best explanation at the moment). Amelia, who do you agree with?'

• Law

• Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Match the following

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Theory

• Information gathered through the senses

• Observation

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Inference

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Match the following

• Information gathered through the senses

• Observation

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Inference

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Law

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Match the following

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Theory

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Inference

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Law

Match the following

• Information gathered through the senses

• Hypothesis

• Educated guess based on research

• Law

• Observation of WHAT does happen

• Theory

• A guess or opinion made based on an observation

• Inference

• Attempts to answer WHY something happens

• Observation

Reorder the following. Everything starts with asking a...

• experiment

• analyze results

• hypothesis / design

• research

• question / problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1