Scientific Inquiry Review

What instrument did you use to find the mass of the objects?

• Mathematical Formula

• Beaker

• Graduated Cylinder

• Scale

What method did you use to find the volume of the object?

• Mathematical Formula

• Scale

• Water Displacement

• Balance

Nelson recorded that the soap had a strong scent, this was ________________.

• a qualitative observation

• a quantitative observation

• a prediction

• a hypothesis

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The scientist observes that the black bears are only eating the silver fish. What step of the scientific inquiry process should she complete next?

• analyze data

• ask a problem question

• conduct an experiment

• form a prediction

What is the dependent variable in this chart?

• The temperature

• The number of crickets

• The number of chirps per minute

• The color of crickets

What is a controlled variable? 

• parts of the experiment that change

• parts of the experiment that stays the same 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When you make a prediction, you are _______________.

• making an evaluation

• guessing

• making a statement about the future

• making an inference

A scientist conducts an experiment to test a hypothesis. The experiment confirms that the hypothesis could be true. When will the hypothesis most likely become a scientific theory?

• when the hypothesis is first thought of by the scientist

• when the hypothesis has survived extensive testing

• when a competing hypothesis has failed testing

• when the hypothesis is published