Thinking like a Scientist Quiz

 An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions is called:

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

 A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: 

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

What is a testable question that can be answered by an experiment?

• How many animal species live in Australia?

• Why are birds' bones hollow?

• What type of chewing gum stretches the farthest?

• How fast does the Earth rotate around the sun?

What does science include?

• Asking questions and searching for answers.

• Asking questions and guess the answers.

• Do experiments without asking questions.

Why do scientists do investigations?

• To get a prize

• To find answers to their questions

• To become the best scientists

How observations are made?

• With your senses

• With lab tools

• Both of them are correct

Models can be helpful in scientific investigations because

• it may not be possible to work with the real thing.

• they can be smaller and more manageable than the real thing.

• they can be safer to work with than the real thing.

• all of the above

Scientific theories are based on

• general assumptions of how systems work.
• mathematical principles that can be proven true.
• large amounts of data collected over time.
• observations from within only one scientific discipline.

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

What is a theory?

• Describes what happens
• Explains a process