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WorksheetsFall Final Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
a)
classifying
b)
observing
c)
inferring
d)
predicting
2.
What are observations that deal with numbers?
a)
Inferring
b)
Predicting
c)
Quantitative
d)
Qualitative
3.
Grouping items together based on similarities
a)
Inferring
b)
Classifying
c)
Predicting
d)
Collecting
4.
explaining things that you observe based on prior knowledge or observations
a)
inferring
b)
Classifying
c)
observing
d)
experimenting
5.
What type of observation deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.
a)
Quantitative observation
b)
Qualitative observation
c)
Objective reasoning
d)
Subjective reasoning
6.
an educated guess or a possible answer to a scientific question
a)
Hypothesis
b)
independent variable
c)
Dependent variable
d)
controlled experiment
7.
The variable that is purposely changed
a)
Hypothesis
b)
independent variable
c)
Dependent variable
d)
controlled experiment
8.
The variable that is being measured
a)
Hypothesis
b)
independent variable
c)
Dependent variable
d)
controlled experiment
9.
Something in an experiment that that you want to stay the same
a)
Independent variable
b)
Control
c)
Constant
d)
Dependent
10.
A student hypothesized that robins prefer large birdhouses to small ones. He build four birdhouses of different sizes to test his hypothesis. What was the independent variable in the students study?
a)
The size of the birdhouse
b)
The number of birds in the house
c)
The location of the birdhouse
d)
The season of the year
11.
A study was done to find if different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car. What is the dependent variable?
a)
Tire tread
b)
Brand and model of the car
c)
Braking distance of the car
12.
What is the independent variable for this hypothesis:
"If I add salt to the plant, then it will grow taller."
"If I add salt to the plant, then it will grow taller."
a)
amount of water
b)
rate of growth
c)
amount of salt
d)
type of plant
13.
What is the dependent variable for this hypothesis:
"If I add salt to the plant, then it will grow taller."
"If I add salt to the plant, then it will grow taller."
a)
amount of water
b)
rate of growth
c)
amount of salt
d)
type of plant
14.
Sound does not travel in space because
a)
Space is too far away.
b)
There is no matter in space.
c)
Space is the final frontier
d)
Space has planets.
15.
Sound is caused by?
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
16.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
17.
What is volume?
a)
how high or low a sound is
b)
the loudness or softness of a sound
c)
the number of vibrations per second
d)
vibrations
18.
Which images are opaque?
a)
A & C
b)
A,C,E, & F
c)
D, E, & F
d)
A & E
19.
Which explains why the fork looks different under water?
a)
light can't pass through the glass
b)
the wavelength of light lengthens
c)
the amount of light increases when going through water
d)
light is refracted at an angle
20.
Why do we see objects as white?
a)
They absorb all light
b)
They reflect all light
c)
They absorb some light and reflect some light
21.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
22.
Which would be the BEST tool to measure the length of a pencil?
a)
inch ruler
b)
yard stick
c)
meter stick
23.
Which tool would be used to measure the mass of a battery?
a)
Ruler
b)
Triple Beam Balance
c)
Graduated Cylinder
d)
Thermometer
24.
What is the appropriate unit for measuring the length of a piece of notebook paper?
a)
mm
b)
km
c)
cm
d)
kg
25.
What happens to light when it hits a lens?
a)
the light is reflected
b)
the light becomes ultraviolet
c)
some light passes through
d)
the light is refracted
26.
Which of the following rays of the electromagnetic spectrum have the LONGEST wavelengths?
a)
visible light
b)
infrared rays
c)
radio waves
d)
gamma rays
27.
Which of the following uses microwaves?
a)
cell phone
b)
toaster oven
c)
light bulb
d)
tanning lamp
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