Science Quiz

Which of these units is best used with the MASS of an object?

• Degrees

• Inches

• Grams

• Gallons

Mia is planning her science project, and she has decided to do an experiment with the ants in her ant farm. Which of the following is a testable question for Mia’s experiment?

• What is the average length of an ant?

• How do ants carry things that are many times their weight?

• How many ants does it take to build a colony?

• Which attracts the most ants- water, vinegar, honey, or sugar?

A duck is a bird that has webbed feet and a bill instead of a pointed beak. Which animal is a duck?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Mr. Betts is doing an experiment to find out which brand of toy car will travel with the greatest speed down a slope when released from the top. He will use two different brands of toy car, and time how long it takes each car to reach a line on the floor he drew exactly one meter from the bottom of the slope. Which two instruments will he need for his experiment?

• graduated cylinder and ruler

• stopwatch and balance scale

• ruler and stopwatch

• balance scale and thermometer

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Who drank the most unusual amount of milk?

• Sam

• Don

• John

• Kim

• Judy

Refer to the line graph titled "Water Level at Low Water Crossing." If the height of the water was recorded at 12 p.m., which is the most likely height measurement?

• 0 inches

• 25 inches

• 20 inches

• 14 inches

Kareem is investigating to determine which brand of ice cream melts the fastest. He gathers his materials: three different brands of vanilla ice cream, a stopwatch, a ½ cup measuring cup, and three clear glass bowls. Why did Kareem buy only vanilla ice cream?

• vanilla ice cream melts the fastest

• the flavor of ice cream is the independent variable

• the flavor of ice cream is the dependent variable

• the flavor of ice cream is a constant

Brandon wanted to create a test to determine if increasing the length of a boat would make it go farther. The table below shows his experiment. What was the dependent variable in this investigation?

• material

• width

• length

• distance

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Which of the following is an inference?

• If the caterpillar makes a chrysalis, then it will become a butterfly.

• The plant must need water.

• It rained 1.2 inches yesterday.

• Most bears hibernate during the winter months.

What type of graph usually shows distribution of data over time?

• Bar graph

• Line plot

• Picture graph

• Pie chart