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WorksheetsParts of an Experiment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A prediction about what will happen in an experiment.
b)
Its what you observe with your five senses.
c)
Its what stays the same throughout the experiment.
d)
It is something that is being measured
2.
What is an independent variable?
a)
Something that is being measured by a scientist.
b)
Something that stays the same in an experiment
c)
The part of an experiment that is being changed by a scientist
d)
The part of the experiment that describes the outcome.
3.
Find the dependent variable. " The effect of the amount of chocolates eaten on how many cavities."
a)
Amount of chocolates eaten
b)
0 chocolates
c)
If I eat more chocolates then I will get more cavities
d)
Amount of cavities
4.
What is data?
a)
Information you collected by measuring with instruments
b)
A factor that can be changed in an experiment
c)
A prediction about the experiment
d)
Repeated tries in an experiment
5.
What is a constant?
a)
The parts of the experiment that stay the same
b)
What the scientist changes in the experiment
c)
What is being measured in an experiment
d)
A factor that can be changed in an experiment
6.
A factor that can be changed in an experiment is a...
a)
Constant
b)
Control
c)
Variable
d)
Independent Variable
7.
Repeated tries of an experiment are...
a)
Variables
b)
Controls
c)
Trials
d)
Predictions
8.
Can the constant of an experiment be changed?
a)
Yes
b)
No
9.
What are the results of an experiment called?
a)
Data
b)
Trials
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Conclusion
10.
The part of the experiment where you test your hypothesis is called...
a)
An experiment
b)
Trials
c)
Conclusion
d)
Hypothesis
11.
What is the part of the experiment that is being used for comparison?
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
12.
What part of the experiment leaves out the factor being tested?
a)
Constant
b)
Control
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Data
13.
What is a dependent variable?
a)
The factor that is changed by the scientist
b)
The factor that is being used for comparison
c)
The factor that is being measured
14.
What must be on a graph of an experiment?
a)
Dependent Variable
b)
Data
c)
Independent Variable
d)
All of the above
15.
To go beyond given information by applying knowledge. This is the meaning of what word?
a)
Control
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Inference
d)
Data
16.
What is the first thing you need to have when you do you an experiment?
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Control
c)
Data
d)
Conclusion
17.
What is the limitation to the amount of trials you can do in an experiment?
a)
No limitation
b)
5
c)
4
d)
8
18.
Is it possible to have more than one constant in an experiment?
a)
Yes
b)
No
19.
What are trials?
a)
Something that stays the same in an experiment
b)
The factor that is being used for comparison
c)
Repeated tries of an experiment
d)
A factor that can be changed in an experiment
20.
A hypothesis is a statement that describes the outcome of an experiment.
True or False?
True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
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