Scientific Investigation Sol

Which properties listed below are quantitative?

• Gold color

• Mass of 20.5g

• Feels smooth to the touch.

• 4 cm long.

• 10°C

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of these is an observation about grasshoppers that a science class could have made on a nature walk?

• The grasshoppers will live longest in a container filled with plants.

• The grasshoppers are green with long legs and antennae.

• The grasshoppers will probably eat more grass than leaves.

• The grasshoppers all hatched from eggs laid the year before.

What is a hypothesis?

• A theory

• An educated guess based on information that uses the words "if" and "then"

• What is changed in an experiment

• The first step in the Scientific Process

Something that is changed or tested in an experiment.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which is a quantitative observation?

• The car took 6 seconds to roll across the desk.

• The car is red.

• The birds made their nests in apple trees.

• The colder the air, the slower mold will grow on fruit.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

This measures temperature.

• graduated cylinder

• thermometer

• pan balance

• matter

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which tool would you use to measure volume?

• graduated cylinder

• pan balance

• meter tape

• stopwatch

Which of the following is changed during an experiment?

• dependent variable

• independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is this?

• Balance

• Triple beam balance

• Mass

• Graduated cylinder

What is the dependent variable in the following testable question:
How does changing the color of the can affect how hot it will get in the sun?

• How hot it will get in the sun

• The color of the can

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4