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WorksheetsScientific Method and Tools
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this science tool?
a)
sun glasses
b)
safety goggles
c)
hand lenses
d)
beaker
2.
What is this science tool?
a)
beaker
b)
weather vane
c)
thermometer
d)
balance scale
3.
A tool with three beams with sliding masses -
a)
scale
b)
triple beam balance
c)
compass
4.
Mass, volume and temperature
a)
can all be measured
b)
cannot be measured
5.
Which tool protects clothing?
a)
goggles
b)
apron
c)
eye wash
6.
Safety is
a)
not necessary.
b)
sometimes important
c)
preventing injury, hurt or loss.
7.
A graduated cylinder measures
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
temperature
8.
When using a ruler ALWAYS measure using inches.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
This is a statement that will answer a question you want to investigate.
a)
Experiment
b)
Model
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Conclusion
10.
To make a guess based on what you know or think is called a
a)
question
b)
expectation
c)
model
d)
prediction
11.
Scientists ask these about the world around them.
a)
questions
b)
explanations
12.
A conclusion is...
a)
your thoughts at the end of an investigation
b)
a guess
c)
a report
d)
a story
13.
What does a Scientist need to use when measuring small amounts of water?
a)
pan balance
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
tablespoons
d)
a boat
14.
What is the name of this scientific instrument?
a)
graduated balance
b)
triple beam balance
c)
triple beam scale
d)
graduated scale
15.
Measure to the nearest milliliter.
a)
73 mL
b)
73.0 mL
c)
76 mL
d)
76.1 mL
16.
Read this scientific tool to the nearest millimeter.
a)
7.1 mm
b)
7.0 cm
c)
71 mm
d)
71 cm
17.
What measurement is being recorded if you are measuring to the nearest millimeter?
a)
distance
b)
mass
c)
weight
d)
volume
18.
What instrument should be used if the lab directions ask you to measure to the nearest milliliter?
a)
graduated cylinder
b)
triple beam balance
c)
Erlenmeyer flask
d)
meter stick
19.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
b)
A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
c)
A hypothesis is an educated guess.
d)
I don't know.
20.
To tell what will happen in the future
a)
classify
b)
hypothesis
c)
predict
d)
compare
21.
To notice for a scientific purpose
a)
Question
b)
Conclusion
c)
Observe
d)
Classify
22.
To arrange or organize things
a)
Classify
b)
Predict
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Compare
23.
Facts and information
a)
Results
b)
Data
c)
Conclusion
d)
Collaborate
24.
A testable prediction about a scientific investigation
a)
Question
b)
Observation
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Experiment
25.
A decision based on facts you have discovered
a)
Conclusion
b)
Collaborate
c)
Prediction
d)
Results
26.
A test or trial to discover something unknown
a)
Data
b)
Question
c)
Experiment
d)
Hypothesis
27.
This step comes after ask a question
a)
Record your results
b)
Design and perform an experiment
c)
Form an hypothesis
d)
Share your results
28.
This is the second step in the scientific method
a)
Make an observation
b)
Record your data as results
c)
Form a conclusion
d)
Ask a question
29.
If you spill a liquid during an experiment, what should you do?
a)
Scream and run from the investigation
b)
Lay your coat over the spill to hide it from others.
c)
Tell your teacher and quickly clean up the spill
d)
Yell at your lab partner and start an argument.
30.
When you are performing a scientific investigation, when should you eat your snack?
a)
Eat while you are waiting for results.
b)
Never eat or drink during a scientific investigation.
c)
Eat your snack when you are recording you data.
31.
If you were heating a liquid for a scientific investigation, it would be important to have...
a)
Paper towels to clean up a spill
b)
A plastic fork to stir the hot liquid
c)
Protection for your hands to handle hot containers and liquids
32.
Why do scientist use the scientific method?
a)
To make sure they get credit for their discoveries.
b)
To make sure their results are valid and can be performed by other scientists.
c)
So that other scientist don't get mad at them
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