Week 3 Test Review: What Do Scientist Do?

1. Which example shows asking a questions based on a phenomenon?

• What does a paleontologist study?

• 1. Which ocean is bigger?

• 1. Why can my bird talk, but my cat can not?

• How much water flows in the San Antonio River?

Why is asking questions important in science?

• When we ask questions, we are creating topics to study.

• When we as questions, we get answers.

• It is good to ask questions.

• Scientists do not ask questions.

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Scientists and engineers study models to help them better understand the 

    world around them.

• True

• False

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A(n) ___________________ is a written claim backed up by evidence and reasoning.

• argument

• claim

• reasoning

• evidence

A(n) ________________ is a statement one believes to be true.

• argument

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

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___________________ is information that supports a claim.

• Evidence

• Argument

• Reasoning

• Claim

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____________

is thinking about something logically; telling “how” or “why” the evidence supports the claim. 

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Argument

• Claim

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Based on the data in the graph, which conclusion is reasonable from the 

     2020 census versus the 2010 census.

• 1. A bigger percent of white people voted in 2020.

• 1. A smaller percent of Asian people voted in 2020.

• 1. A bigger percent of Hispanic people voted in 2020.

• 1. An equal number of African Americans voted each year. 

A descriptive investigation has no _______________________________.

• hypothesis

• physical

• data

• comparing

Gathers information to describe the ______________________ world.

• hypothesis

• physical

• data

• comparing