Third Quarterly Assessment

__________ is the key to unlock the bodies of knowledge by helping the researcher in organizing thoughts and procedures and making him or her confident of the findings generated from the experiments.

• Technology

• Scientific Method

• Applied Science

• None of the above

Which is NOT considered as a kind of variables in an experiment?

• Controlled

• Independent

• Alternate

• Dependent

After the scientists analyze the results of their experiments, they ____.

• form hypotheses

• include a control

• communicate those results to other people

• choose the variables they want to test

Which of the following refers to the prediction or statement that can be tested?

• conclusion

• observation

• control

• Hypothesis

Which of the following is a factor in an experiment that can be changed?

• observation

• variable

• control

• Hypothesis

It is a sample that is treated exactly like the other experimental groups except that the variable is not applied to it is a(n) ____.

• observation

• variable

• control

• Hypothesis

A good way to organize and record your results and observations is ____.

• in a data table

• by using a calculator

• with a balance or spring scale

• by having a hypothesis before you begin your experiment

In using your five senses, which skill are you using to gather information?

• posing questions

• observing

• developing hypotheses

• designing experiments

Facts, figures, and other evidences learned through observation are called

• variables

• experiments

• questions

• data

Which of the following is a good characteristic of a hypothesis?

• It must be correct.

• It must have been observed many times.

• It must involve quantitative data.

• It must be testable by observation or experiment.