Reviewer: Module 1 - The Scientific Endeavor

TRUE or FALSE.

Science is only observed in the laboratory.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Scientific explanations are always subject to ______ in face of new evidences.

Which of the following sentences in the passage showed Thomas Edison's perseverance as a scientist?

• I have not failed. I have just found10,000 ways that won't work.
• He thanked God for getting all his mistakes burnt and allowing him to start afresh.

• He didn’t break into pieces.

Which of the following shows that Science is a way of thinking?

• inductive reasoning

• scientific method

• use of models

• asking questions

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the nature of Science?

• Science as a way of thinking is empirical.

• Science as a body of knowledge uses the scientific method.

• Science as a body of knowledge uses models.

• Science as a way of thinking is objective.

Scientific investigation is an understanding of the _______ processes of the world.

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes?

• making a hypothesis

• interpreting data

• making observations

• drawing conclusions

A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. What is the dependent variable?

• the number of plants in the water

• the amount of salt in the water

• the temperature of the water

• the type of body of water

When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are _________?

• making observations

• drawing conclusions

• drawing conclusions

• forming a hypothesis

A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants, sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group?

• Plant A

• Plant B

• Plant C

• all of them