Scientific Investigation Quiz

What is the first step of the scientific method?

• Do background research

• Ask a question

• Construct a hypothesis

• Analyze data

Which of the following is a good scientific question?

• Why do we breathe?

• What is the color of the sky?

• What is the meaning of life?

• How does sunlight affect plant growth?

What is a hypothesis?

• A final conclusion

• An educated guess

• A type of experiment

• A scientific law

What does the independent variable represent?

• The variable that is ignored

• The variable that is measured

• The variable that is changed

• The variable that remains constant

Which of the following is an example of a dependent variable?

• Amount of sunlight

• Type of fertilizer

• Growth of a plant

• Temperature of water

What should you do after asking a scientific question?

• Conduct an experiment

• Analyze the results

• Do background research

• Construct a hypothesis

Which question is more specific?

• What is gravity?

• How do plants grow?

• Why is the sky blue?

• What are rocks made of?

If you change the size of a faucet opening, what variable are you changing?

• Control variable

• Dependent variable

• Constant variable

• Independent variable

What is the purpose of doing background research?

• To ask more questions

• To understand the experiment

• To analyze data

• To create a hypothesis

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for writing scientific questions?

• Can be tested

• Builds on what you know

• Leads to other questions

• Is based on opinions