Scientific Process Quiz (ENV SCI)

This is the process of uses the five

senses to explain anything in life without use of prior knowledge.

• Independent Variable

• Observation

• Inference

• Dependent Variable

This is the process that involves a judgment

or an assumption.

• Observation

• Independent Variable

• Inference

• Dependent Varaiable

This is a form of data that describes a set of results.

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Observation

• Control

This is a type of data that measures a set of results (uses metrics).

• Quantitative

• Observation

• Qualitative

• Inference

A statement that is a scientific explanation of a process that is based on research.

• Hypothesis

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Constant

The group of data that must be maintained for comparison during a scientific experiment.

• Control

• Constant

• Experimental

• Data

Which statement is an observation?

• That house is empty because there are no lights on. 
• Her hair is brown. 
• Her hair is brown because she dyed it. 
• Her hair has not been cut in two years. 

A hypothesis is based on an observation usually basedon on a theory. Once this is made, the next step is to:

• Conduct an experiment

• List all variables

• Read data

• Form a hypothesis

These are the group of items in the experiment that must remain the same throughout the entire experiment.

• Constants

• Experimental Group

• Control Group

• Independent Variable

This is the "Cause" for the experiment being performed during the Scientific Process.

• Dependent Variable

• Contstants

• Controls

• Independent Variable