Unit Review: What is Science (2024)

1. What is the first step of the Scientific Method?

• Form a question
• Write a hypothesis
• Design the experiment
• Analyze the data

2. An educated guess that can be tested is a...

• operational definition
• a hypothesis
• controlled experiment
• independent variable

3. In an experiment, what is the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis?

• Controlled variable
• Constant variable
• Dependent variable
• Independent variable

4. Data is represented by?

• Graphs made from measured results
• Independent variables
• Different fields of science
• The hypothesis and conclusion

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5. In the picture below how is the data organized?

• Pie Graph
• Data Table
• Line Graph

6. What describes the term inferring?

• To make a forecast of what will happen in the future
• To develop an imaginative way to solve a problem
• To make a conclusion or assumption from your observations
• To make a conclusion from data

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7. “There are 8 fish in the fish tank” is an example of

• An observation
• An inference

8. “The flower is yellow” is an example of

• An observation
• An inference

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9. "The lizards are having fun" is an example of

• An observation
• An inference

10. "The car is old" is an example of

• An observation
• An inference