Scientific Inquiry Quiz

Using one or more of your five senses to collect information is known as ______.

• Inferring

• Observing

• Predicting

• Questioning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Information gathered from five senses is called ______.

• Quantitative Observations

• Qualitative Observations

• Science

• Predicting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a controlled variable?

• Something that changes in an experiment

• Something that stays the same in an experiment

• The result of an experiment

• The hypothesis of an experiment.

The independent variable is: A) The thing you measure or observe B) The thing in an experiment that you change on purpose C) The result of the experiment D) The hypothesis of the experiment.

• The thing you measure or observe

• The thing in an experiment that you change on purpose

• The result of the experiment

• The hypothesis of the experiment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: A procedure is a set of ________ instructions.

• step by step

• random

• theoretical

• hypothetical

Data is: A) Information collected from an experiment B) A random guess C) A theoretical idea D) A hypothesis.

• A) Information collected from an experiment

• B) A random guess

• C) A theoretical idea

• D) A hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: A hypothesis provides a possible ________ for an observation.

• A) explanation

• B) question

• C) data

• D) experiment

What is a graph?

• A type of food

• A visual representation of data

• A musical instrument

• A type of animal.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Communicating involves ______.

• A) Sharing data

• B) Working alone

• C) Ignoring others

• D) Destroying information

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NGSS.1-PS4-4

Recording data can be ______.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B