2024 Physical Science Midterm Exam Review

A testable answer to a scientific question

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

This is the group that we will compare our experimental group to. This group stays "normal."

• Control Group
• Experimental Group
•  Normal Group
• Weird Group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. 
What's the dependent variable?

• increase the amount of iron in your blood
• spinach you eat

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?

• True
• How fast you get to school
• Riding a bike or walking
• False

An experiment is conducted to test how different cleats change an athletes running speed.  Six different types of cleats are tested and the 100m run time is recorded.  What is the independent variable?

• The type of cleat
• The run time
• The 100 meters
• The athlete

Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet.  He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure applause after playing  Under the Sea with each reed.  The results were put in the table.
What was the independent variable?

• The Song
• The Reed
• The Applause

"The insect in Container B has six appendages" is an example of what type of scientific observation?

• quanitative
• qualitative
• inference
• hypothesis

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?

• qualitative
• quantitative