Quiz - Chapter 1, Lesson 1

Which skill involves creating representations of complex objects or processes?

• classifying

• predicting

• making models

• evaluating

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Which of the following do scientists use when observing?

• Only their senses

• Only tools

• Their senses and tools

• observations and inferences

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What kind of observation deals with numbers?

• qualitative

• quantitative

• sensory

• descriptive

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Which of the following is an example of a model?

• mathematical equation

• tool

• scientist

• observation

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Look at these items in the image. What scientific skill is being demonstrated?

• observation

• evaluation

• making models

• classification

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A person who does science learns and explores the natural _________ ​ !

• food

• computer programming
• artificial objects
• world

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Which of the following is a prediction?

• It is hot outside.

• My car broke down yesterday.

• The sky is cloudy.

• I think it is going to rain soon.

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The skill of ______ involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.

• evaluating

• predicting

• observing

• making models

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is in every living thing. What type of science deals with living things?

• biology

• physics

• geology

• chemistry

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A friend tells me they read their horoscope and they know now that they will have a good day! I tell them, no a horoscope is a pseudoscience. When they ask, "why?", what can I tell them?

• It isn't verifiable or repeatable.

• I don't like horoscopes.

• That's not what my horoscope said.

• It is because you were born under the wrong stars.