WorksheetsIntro to Science
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 2hrs 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is research?
a)
Trying to find an answer through tests.
b)
Trying to find an answer through observing.
c)
Trying to find an answer through any means necessary.
d)
Trying to find an answer through published work.
2.
What is a constant?
a)
Something that you change in an experiment.
b)
Something that changes in the experiment because of the independent variable.
c)
Something that never changes in the experiment.
d)
Something that helps you explore.
3.
What is science?
a)
Science is a demonstration of the natural world.
b)
Science is an investigation into the natural world.
c)
Science is a series of experiments of the natural world.
d)
Science is an observation of the natural world.
4.
What is an independent variable?
a)
Something you change in an experiment.
b)
Something that never changes.
c)
Something that changes because of the independent variable.
d)
Something that helps you explore.
5.
What is an investigation?
a)
An attempt to find an answer to a question or problem.
b)
A showing of something scientific.
c)
An attempt to build a tool.
d)
Studying what happened in an experiment.
6.
What is a dependent variable?
a)
Something that you change in an experiment.
b)
Something that never changes.
c)
Something that changes because of the independent variable.
d)
Something that helps you explore.
7.
What is an experiment?
a)
A showing of something scientific.
b)
A test to answer a question
c)
An attempt to answer a question through published work.
d)
Watching something closely, testing, and noting in order to answer a question
8.
What is a demonstration?
a)
A showing of something scientific.
b)
A test to answer a question.
c)
An attempt to answer a question through published work.
d)
Watching something closely, testing, and noting in order to answer a question
9.
What is an observation?
a)
A showing of something scientific.
b)
A test to answer a question.
c)
An attempt to answer a question through published work.
d)
Watching something closely, testing, and noting in order to answer a question
10.
What is an inference?
a)
The correct answer to a question.
b)
An answer you come up with based off of the evidence.
c)
A description of what you are observing.
d)
A testable question.
11.
What must be controlled in an experiment?
a)
classifications
b)
conclusions
c)
graphs and tables
d)
variables
12.
What are variables?
a)
The outcome of an experiment
b)
The data of an experiment
c)
The various parts of an experiment that can change or stay the same
d)
A part of an experiment that never changes
13.
What form of data do scientist prefer?
a)
Measurable data/empirical evidence
b)
Qualitative data
c)
Uncontrolled evidence
d)
Single trial data/evidence
14.
What is an observation for this picture?
a)
The man is scared
b)
The man is going to get eaten
c)
There is a man in a kayak
d)
The man is paddling fast
15.
What is another name for a control group?
a)
the control
b)
the control variable
c)
the first experiment
d)
the independent variable
16.
Justin usually blows his nose using Kleenex tissues. His snot keeps leaking through the tissue. He decided he is going to create an experiment to find out if there is something better. What is his control group?
a)
type of tissue
b)
Justin
c)
mass of the snots the tissue can hold
d)
Kleenex
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