Understanding Task Verbs Quiz

What does the task verb "Calculate" involve?

• Providing evidence to support a claim

• Performing mathematical steps to arrive at a final answer

• Indicating information about a specified topic

• Judging the significance of information

What is required when you are asked to "Describe" something?

• Making an assertion based on evidence

• Providing relevant characteristics of a specified topic

• Creating a diagram or graph

• Supporting or defending a claim with evidence

What does it mean to "Evaluate" according to the task verbs?

• To provide information about how or why something occurs

• To make an assertion based on evidence or knowledge

• To judge or determine the significance or importance of information

• To indicate or provide information without elaboration

When asked to "Explain," what are you expected to do?

• Provide relevant characteristics of a topic

• Judge the significance of information

• Provide information about how or why something occurs

• Perform mathematical steps to arrive at an answer

What does "Justify" entail according to the task verbs?

• Making an assertion based on evidence

• Providing relevant characteristics of a topic

• Providing evidence to support, qualify, or defend a claim

• Indicating information about a specified topic

What is the meaning of "Make a claim" in the context of task verbs?

• To provide information about how or why something occurs

• To judge or determine the significance of information

• To indicate or provide information about a topic

• To make an assertion that is based on evidence or knowledge

What is the purpose of making a prediction in scientific processes?

• To provide reasoning to support a claim

• To indicate or provide a hypothesis to support or defend a claim

• To predict the causes or effects of a change in a system

• To use graphs and symbols to describe biological concepts

What does it mean to represent something in a scientific context?

• To predict the causes or effects of a change in a system

• To provide reasoning to support a claim

• To indicate or provide a hypothesis to support or defend a claim

• To use appropriate graphs, symbols, words, illustrations, and/or tables to describe concepts

What is the role of stating a null or alternative hypothesis in scientific inquiry?

• To predict the causes or effects of a change in a system

• To indicate or provide a hypothesis to support or defend a claim

• To use appropriate graphs, symbols, words, illustrations, and/or tables to describe concepts

• To provide reasoning to explain how evidence supports a claim

What does it mean to support a claim in a scientific context?

• To use appropriate graphs, symbols, words, illustrations, and/or tables to describe concepts

• To predict the causes or effects of a change in a system

• To indicate or provide a hypothesis to support or defend a claim

• To provide reasoning to explain how evidence supports or qualifies a claim