Investigating Science Module 1 Revision

What type of data is described using words?

• Quantitative data

• Observational data

• Qualitative data

• Inferential data

What did Archimedes devise a method to check?

• The temperature of water

• A crown's density

• The speed of light

• The mass of an object

What was the accidental discovery made by Fleming?

• A method to determine the density of an object

• The discovery of antibiotics (penicillin)

• A new way to observe stars

• A technique for fire stick farming

What did Galileo observe with a telescope?

• The luna lander

• Four objects around Jupiter, which were later realized to be moons

• The rings of Saturn

• The movement of comets

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What is one of the benefits of fire stick farming practiced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders?

• It increased the number of large wild-fires

• It reduced the growth of edible plants

• It promoted the growth of edible plants for aborigional prey

• It decreased nutrients to the soil

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What type of information does qualitative data provide?

• Numerical information based on measurements of the data

• Information about the characteristics of data

• Information that is always numerical

• Data collected by the researcher themselves

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Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?

• Colour of soil

• Softness of skin

• Size of a land mass

• Scent of a gas

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What is primary data?

• Data that has been collected through primary sources

• Data that has been collected by the researcher themself

• Values which can be measured and displayed visually

• Digital devices convert information into numbers

What does the independent variable represent in an experiment?

• What is being measured (effect)

• The variable that is intentionaly changed (cause)

• Variables that remain the same

• Data that has been collected through primary sources

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Which types of graphs is typically used to represent categorical data?

• Column

• Scatter

• Line

• Pie