Science Chapter 1 Test

What is the definition of science?

• Always using numbers to solve a problem
• A way of learning about reading
• Always reading about a problem
• A way in which people study the natural world

What is an example of a prediction?

• There are 20 people in Mrs. Wiltrout's class
• The weather tomorrow will be sunny and 85 degrees
• The object weighs 5 pounds
• I think that jokes are funny

Scientific knowledge changes with

• New magazine articles
• Careful reading of facts
• New evidence or new interpretations
• Fake information

The process of making something to represent a complex object or process

• independent variable
• making models
• dependent varable
• experimental bias

An observation that deals with numbers is a (an)

• prediction
• quantitative observation
• inference
• qualitative observation

In Science, a fact is

• a confirmed observation
• a strong hypthesis
• not testable
• the same as a variable

When a scientist is evaluating, they are

• discussing the experiment
• comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion
• making a hypothesis
• making a model

A qualitative observation is

• the rock weighed 12 grams
• The water was boiling a 100 degrees celcius
• The seashell was bumpy with brown and pink swirls
• the car went a distance of 20 kilometers

Grouping together items in certain ways

• predicting
• evaluating
• concluding
• classifying

A well tested idea is a Scientific

• law
• hypthesis
• theory
• bias