7th Grade Science Marking Period 1

Which of the following is TRUE about operational science?

• It employs most scientists that work today
• It involves collecting data about unobserved events in the past

• Its theories cannot be tested in the present

• It is greatly influenced by a scientist's presuppositions

If scientific information is collected with an instrument containing a numerical scale, it is most likely

• Descriptive Data

• Measured Data

• Derived Data

• Inferred Data

What is NOT true about a hypothesis?

• It provides direction for testing

• It offers an initial explanation for an observation

• It might be used to make predictions

• It should be as complicated as possible

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Creationary and evolutionary scientists often

• Produce very different data.

• Interpret the same data very differently because of their worldviews.

• Use different types of instruments to make their observations

• Respect each other professionally as scientists.

Which of these statements is most true?

• A worldview is based on presuppositions.

• A worldview is based on experiments.

• A worldview is based on dominion science.

• A worldview is based on descriptive data.

All of these are examples of applying the Creation Mandate EXCEPT which one?

• Creating a device to measure earthquakes

• Ridiculing a secular scientist because he believes the earth is 4.5 billion years old

• Launching a satellite to improve communication

• Building a dam to reduce flooding

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Scientists can serve as consultants, educators, or as expert_________ in court.

Most scientists today spend their time conducting ___________ science.

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

A map of the United States that is shaded to show the ranges of the gray wolf and the red wolf would be considered a _____________ map.

• thematic

• topographic

• political

• geographic

Which of these choices is true about any map that shows the entire world?

• Some distortion exists somewhere in the map.

• Land is always brown and the ocean is always blue.

• Lines of latitude and longitude are always perpendicular.

• The map is always perpendicular.