WorksheetsScientific Method
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the first FOUR steps of the Scientific Method?
a)
Research, Question, Experiment, Hypothesis
b)
Hypothesis, Research, Question, Experiment
c)
Question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment
d)
Research, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment
2.
What are the last THREE steps of the Scientific Method?
a)
Observation, Form a Conclusion, Communicate
b)
Observation, Communicate, Form a Conclusion
c)
Form a Conclusion, Observation, Communicate
d)
Form a Conclusion, Communicate, Observation
3.
What are the three types of investigations that scientists do?
a)
Experimental, Anecdotal, Descriptive
b)
Investigative, Comparative, Experimental
c)
Comparative, Descriptive, Investigative
d)
Experimental, Comparative, Descriptive
4.
What type of investigation focuses on the cause and affect relationship between variables?
a)
experimental
b)
comparative
c)
descriptive
d)
investigative
5.
What type of investigation focuses on the similarities and differences between different things?
a)
experimental
b)
comparative
c)
descriptive
d)
investigative
6.
What type of investigation focuses on observations made without experiments?
a)
experimental
b)
comparative
c)
descriptive
d)
investigative
7.
What do you call the part of the investigation that is NOT manipulated?
a)
control
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
constant
8.
What do you call the part of the investigation that IS manipulated?
a)
control
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
constant
9.
What do you call the part of the investigation that the scientist is measuring?
a)
control
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
constant
10.
What do you call the part of the investigation that should be the same in every investigation?
a)
control
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
constant
11.
How do you measure the data from an investigation?
a)
SI Units
b)
tables
c)
graphs
d)
charts
12.
How is data from an investigation organized and displayed?
a)
SI Units
b)
metric system
c)
reports and essays
d)
tables and graphs
13.
How are the results of an investigation analyzed?
a)
if the independent variable affected the dependent variable
b)
on charts and graphs
c)
if the dependent variable proves you right
d)
if your results support your hypothesis or go against it
14.
After the investigation, how do you form your conclusion?
a)
if the independent variable affected the dependent variable
b)
on charts and graphs
c)
if the dependent variable proves you right
d)
if your results support your hypothesis or go against it
15.
An explanation a scientist makes that we can test to see if it is true or not is a _________.
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
law
d)
question
16.
An explanation a scientist makes that is MOST LIKELY correct, but has not been 100% proven is called a _________.
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
law
d)
question
17.
An explanation a scientist makes that IS 100% proven based off multiple investigations is called a ___________.
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
law
d)
question
18.
Rose wants to see which type of cup will keep hot water hot the longest. She puts hot water and a thermometer into a ceramic cup, a paper cup, and a styrofoam cup.What is the dependent variable?
a)
the water
b)
the temperature
c)
the cups
d)
the thermometers
19.
Martha is curious as to what happened to the dinosaurs. She is convinced that a virus spread across the earth and killed all the dinosaurs. Martha’s idea is called a ________.
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
law
d)
question
20.
Scientists all over the world are sure that all matter is made of atoms. All of their investigations point to the fact that this is true. Unfortunately, there is no way to know 100% for sure if atoms are real. This means that the idea of atoms is a _________.
a)
question
b)
hypothesis
c)
theory
d)
law
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