Science Inquiry Quiz

What is the term for the way we study the natural world based on evidence we gather?

• Hypothesis

• Scientific inquiry

• Experiment

• Data

Which variable is changed on purpose to test a hypothesis?

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Qualitative observation

• Quantitative observation

What type of observations are expressed in numbers?

• Qualitative observation

• Hypothesis

• Quantitative observation

• Data

What is the term for attempting to explain what happened or is happening?

• Predicting

• Inferring

• Classifying

• Observing

What is the term for attempting to forecast what will happen?

• Inferring

• Classifying

• Predicting

• Observing

What is an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions?

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Data

• Claim

What are facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through investigations called?

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Data

• Claim

What is a one sentence answer to the question that should state what you have concluded but NOT why?

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Data

• Claim

What does reasoning provide in the context of the scientific method?

• Justification for why the evidence is important to the claim.

• A summary of the experiment.

• A list of materials used in the experiment.

• A description of the procedure followed.

What must evidence be in order to support a claim?

• Appropriate and sufficient.

• Contradictory and insufficient.

• Irrelevant and minimal.

• Unrelated and excessive.