Unit 0: Science Practices Vocab.

Unit 0: Science Practices Vocab.

6th Grade

11 Qs

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Unit 0: Science Practices Vocab.

Unit 0: Science Practices Vocab.

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-PS2-2, MS-PS3-1, MS-PS3-4

+3

Standards-aligned

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question?

Data

Hypothesis

Observation

Variable

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which variable does a scientist change or manipulate in an experiment?

Dependent variable

Control group

Independent variable

Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the group called that is not experimented on and is used for comparison in an experiment?

Experimental group

Control group

Variable group

Data group

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is information gathered through the five senses?

Inference

Data

Observation

Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the variable in an experiment that is measured for a response and is graphed on the y-axis?

Independent variable

Dependent variable

Control group

Experimental group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for information gathered from observations that can be qualitative (words or descriptions) or quantitative (measurements, numbers)?

Data

Hypothesis

Variable

Inference

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the scientific method?

A way to memorize facts

A series of steps followed to solve problems and answer questions

A type of variable in experiments

A group that is not experimented on

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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