Science Chapter 1 Test

Scientific knowledge changes with

• New magazine articles
• Careful reading of facts
• Repeated experiments
• New evidence or new interpretations

The process of making representations of complex objects or processes

• independent variable
• making models
• dependent varable
• experimental bias

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

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An observation that deals with numbers is a (an)

• prediction
• quantitative observation
• inference
• qualitative observation

In Science, a fact is

• a confirmed observation
• a strong hypthesis
• not testable
• the same as a variable

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Reasoning using specific observations to make a generalization

• deductive
• Inductive
• bias
• Variable

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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An attitude of doubt is called

• Bias
• Hypothesis
• Scientific Theory
• Skepticism

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

When a scientist is evaluating, they are

• discussing the experiment
• comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion
• making a hypothesis
• making a model

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

A conclusion based on too little data is called

• an opinion
• an experiment
• cultural bias
• faulty reasoning

A qualitative observation is

• the rock weighed 12 grams
• The water was boiling a 100 degrees celcius
• The seashell was bumpy with brown and pink swirls
• the car went a distance of 20 kilometers

Grouping together items in certain ways

• predicting
• evaluating
• concluding
• classifying