What is representing observations, ideas, models, or conclusions by talking, writing, drawing, making physical models, creating charts, and so on called?

• communicating
• experimenting
• measuring
• observing

What is thinking of and asking questions about an object, event, or a science topic called?

• predicting
• hypothesizing
• communicating
• questioning

What is designing an investigation that includes procedures to test a hypothesis and collect reliable data called?

• hypothesizing
• observing
• experimenting
• questioning

What is looking at the evidence, evaluating it to look for a pattern, and drawing a conclusion from the data called?

• observing
• interpreting
• experimenting
• hypothesizing

What is attempting to give an explanation of an event, the nature of an object, or a science topic - based on your experience called?

• predicting
• observing
• communicating
• hypothesizing

What is forecasting the outcome of a specific future event based on a pattern of evidence or a hypothesis.  It is not a wild guess called?

• experimenting
• predicting
• communicating
• observing

What is using your 5 senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting when appropriate) along with the right tools to gather information called?

• hypothesizing
• communicating
• observing
• questioning

This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?

• True
• How fast you get to school
• Riding a bike or walking
• False