Chapter 1 Practice Test

When you explain or interpret an observation, you are

• making models
• inferring
• classifying
• predicting

When scientists group observations that are alike in some way, they are

• making models
• inferring
• classifying
• predicting

How do scientists use observations to make predictions?

• They make observations based on many predictions with the same result
• They make predictions based on many observations with the same result
• They use inferences to make many observations with the same result
• They use predictions to make many inferences with the same result

Suppose you came home to the scene below. Which of the following can you infer happened? (This is from your book, page 33 if you have a hard time seeing the image)

• The cat was locked in the bathroom
• The cat probably played with the toilet paper
• The cat is potty trained
• The cat doesn't live there

What of the following is a quantitative observation you might make in your school cafeteria?

• Many students are wearing red shirts
• Students are throwing away the sweet potato fries
• There are eighteen students left in the lunch line
• The new student is sitting at a new table

Which of the following is a qualitative observation you might make in your school cafeteria?

• You have four chicken nuggets on your plate
• The bell rang two minutes early
• THere are eighteen students left in the lunch line
• You forgot to get a milk when you were in line

The scientific attitude of having doubt is called

• Open-mindedness
• Curiosity
• Honesty
• Skepticism

When a person allows personal opinions, values, or tastes to influence a conclusion, that person is using _____ reasoning.

• Objective
• Subjective
• Deductive
• Inductive

What are the three main types of bias that can influence a science experiment?

• Personal, deductive, experimental
• Subjective, objective, inductive
• Cultural, personal, experimental
• Cultural, inductive, subjective

Which of the following types of bias is correctly matched with its description?

• Personal: stems from the culture in which a person grows up
• Cultural: A person's likes or dislikes
• Experimental: A mistake in the design of the experiment that makes one result more likely