Physical Science intro review

If data from your experiment does not support your hypothesis, then you must do what?

• give up and investigate something else

• throw the data out and assume you were right

• alter the data to make your hypothesis correct

• revise your hypothesis and run a new experiment

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Anything physical or mental representation of an object or event that helps you understand something is a?

• hypothesis

• model

• theory

• scientific law

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Boiling point of water in Celsius scale is

• 0

• 100

• 32

• 212

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SI Base unit for temperature is ______ even though we do not use it.

• Fahrenheit

• Celsius

• Kelvin

• density

The manipulated variable is controlled by experimenter and is also known as the ____.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant

• responding variable

If experiments are conducted in such a way that only one variable, the manipulated variable, is changed by the experimenter at a time, it is called a(n) _____.

• theory

• controlled experiment

• hypothesis

• uncontrolled experiment

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the organized plan for gathering, organizing, and communicating information is called

• scientific model

• scientific theory

• scientific method

• scientific law

The variable that changes in response to a scientist changing the manipulated variable is called the

• dependent variable only

• independent variable only

• responding variable only

• responding variable which is also known as the dependent variable

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A statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature is the definition for a

• scientific model

• scientific theory

• scientific method

• scientific law

The explanation as to why a scientific law occurs is known as a scientific theory.

• true

• false