Scientific Inquiry

Basic Science process skills:

• Observing & Classifying

• Communicating & Inferring

• Measuring & Predicting

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Which of the following describes a scientific process?

• Jon claims that cities are better than towns. He finds 12 people who agree with him as evidence to support his claim.

• Kyra starts to believe in vampires after she sees a movie that has vampires in it

• Pedro plants a sapling in his front yard. He observes and measures it each day. Using his observations, he hypothesizes that the leaves grow most in the sprin

• Justine drinks eight glasses of water every day because she saw a presentation in health class about water being good for you.

On which of the following could a scientific claim be based?

• a famous athlete’s speech

• a religious text

• superstitions and folklore

• experiments and studies

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Sandra claims that invisible fairies live above the clouds where no one can see, hear or feel them. Which of the following is true?

• Sandra’s claim is a hypothesis that she could test with the scientific method.

• Sandra’s claim is not scientific because it is not testable.

• Sandra’s claim is a law based on empirical evidence.

• Sandra’s claim is not scientific because no one famous would agree with her.

A scientific theory is a

• guess that some scientists believe.

• guess that once was a hypothesis and might one day become a law.

• well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.

• law that scientists no longer like and are trying to modify.

Which of the following would be a scientific theory?

• the hypothesis that if you increase the temperature of water, then sugar will dissolve quicker

• the statement that objects in motion tend to stay in motion

• a belief in ghosts that humans cannot see or feel

• an explanation of why global temperatures are rising

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Which of the following describes empirical evidence?

• dogs are good pets

• dogs can speak English

• dogs have two eyes and two ears

• pet dogs should be allowed at school prom

True or false: scientific theories and models cannot be modified.

• True

• False

In the bubble lab, you recorded the diameter of each bubble.  This was an example of .......

• hypothesis

• prediction

• data

• qualitative observation

When you explain or interpret the things you observe, you are making an ___________.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• inference

• evaluation

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