Scientific Investigations Study Quiz

What is an investigation?

• A way to carefully observe, study, or test something

• A controlled condition

• A type of experiment

• A model of a planet

What is the purpose of an experiment?

• To test a question with controlled conditions

• To gather opinions

• To observe animals

• To create models

What do you call the things you control in an experiment?

• Variables

• Controls

• Trials

• Evidence

What is empirical evidence?

• Information from observing or completing an experiment

• Information from opinions

• Information from books

• Information from models

What must all data in an investigation be?

• Random and untested

• Testable and have evidence to support it

• Only from observations

• Based on opinions

What are variables in an experiment?

• Things that stay the same

• Things you change during the experiment

• Things you observe

• Things you control

How many times should you perform trials in an experiment?

• Once

• Only if needed

• Several times

• Not at all

What is the main focus of repeated observations?

• To change variables

• To create models

• To study nature without interference

• To gather opinions

Which of the following is NOT a method of scientific investigation?

• Using Models

• Guessing

• Repeated Observations

• Experiment

What should be kept out of your investigation?

• Data

• Experiments

• Opinions

• Facts