Scientific Method Quiz

What is the first step in the scientific method according to the diagram?

• Form hypothesis; make prediction

• Perform experiment; make more observations

• Observation and curiosity

• Hypothesis becomes theory

What happens if the results are not consistent with the prediction in the scientific method?

• Hypothesis becomes theory

• Perform experiment; make more observations

• Observation becomes law

• Form hypothesis; make prediction

What is the outcome if much additional testing supports the hypothesis?

• Observation becomes law

• Hypothesis becomes theory

• Perform experiment; make more observations

• Form hypothesis; make prediction

What contributes to the body of knowledge in the scientific method?

• Observation and curiosity

• Form hypothesis; make prediction

• Perform experiment; make more observations

• All of the above

What is considered the language of science?

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Mathematics

• Physics

What does mathematics depend on?

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Experimentation

• Theory

What does observation include?

• Making predictions

• Formulating theories

• Making measurements and collecting data

• Conducting experiments

Which of the following is NOT one of the three kinds of information provided by every measurement?

• The size or magnitude of the measurement

• A standard of comparison for the measurement

• An indication of the uncertainty of the measurement

• The color of the measurement

What are the two components that are always written in a measurement?

• The number and the color

• The number and the unit

• The unit and the uncertainty

• The size and the standard

What is the SI unit for mass?

• meter

• kilogram

• second

• ampere