WorksheetsScience Inquiry Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are you doing if you use one or more of your senses to gather information?
a)
observing
b)
inferring
c)
predicting
d)
classifying
2.
Which types of observations deal with a number or amount?
a)
manipulated observations
b)
quantitative observations
c)
qualitative observations
d)
operational observations
3.
Which types of observations deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers?
a)
manipulated observations
b)
quantitative observations
c)
qualitative observations
d)
operational observations
4.
What are you doing if you are explaining or interpreting the things you observe based on reasoning from what you already know?
a)
observing
b)
inferring
c)
predicting
d)
classifying
5.
What are you doing when you make a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence?
a)
observing
b)
inferring
c)
predicting
d)
classifying
6.
When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike in some way, what are they doing?
a)
inferring
b)
predicting
c)
classifying
d)
making models
7.
The variable we change in an experiment is known as the _____ variable.
a)
dependent
b)
manipulated
c)
responding
d)
control
8.
When conducting an experiment, it is important that only ____ variable(s) is changed at one time.
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
9.
Damion wants to prove to his sister that he is the better speller. Which of the following would be a fair test to prove his theory?
a)
Damion selects a group of words for both of them to spell.
b)
Damion’s sister selects a group of words for both of them to spell.
c)
Damion’s parents select a group of words for both of them to spell.
d)
None of the above.
10.
Read the following hypothesis. Which sentence contains a prediction?
Iron filings are placed in a glass jar filled with cooking oil, which supports any shapes the filings make. If a horseshoe magnet is pressed up against one side, then the filings become tiny magnets. They will form a horseshoe shape inside the jar of oil.
Iron filings are placed in a glass jar filled with cooking oil, which supports any shapes the filings make. If a horseshoe magnet is pressed up against one side, then the filings become tiny magnets. They will form a horseshoe shape inside the jar of oil.
a)
The oil helps support the iron filings against gravity.
b)
A horseshoe magnet will be held up to the jar.
c)
If the filings become magnetically attracted to each other, then they will form a shape in the oil.
d)
Cooking oil and iron filings are placed in a jar.
11.
Lynn was watering her plants with a hose. She noticed that the water coming out of the soft hose did not go very far. With a smaller, hard nozzle on the end of the hose, it shot out. How would you describe what Lynn was doing?
a)
making an observation
b)
planning an experiment
c)
making a measurement
d)
making a prediction
12.
When placing information into a graph the independent variable should go on the ____ axis and the dependent variable should go on the ____ axis.
a)
x, y
b)
y, x
13.
The block of wood had a mass of 143.6 grams. What is this statement called?
a)
an inference.
b)
a qualitative observation.
c)
a prediction.
d)
a quantitative observation.
14.
If the hurricane moves in our direction, we will probably have stormy weather over the next few days. What is this statement called?
a)
an inference
b)
a prediction
c)
a qualitative observation
d)
a quantitative observation
15.
The object is round, squishy, and is yellow, with spots of dark brown. What is this statement called?
a)
an inference
b)
a prediction
c)
a qualitative observation
d)
a quantitative observation
16.
The deer ran away from the coyote. What is this statement called?
a)
an inference
b)
a variable
c)
a qualitative observation
d)
a quantitative observation
17.
If we make a loud noise, then the bird will fly away. What is this statement called?
a)
an inference
b)
a prediction
c)
a qualitative observation
d)
a quantitative observation
18.
If you drive too fast around the curve, you will have a wreck. What is this statement called?
a)
an inference
b)
a prediction
c)
a qualitative observation
d)
a quantitative observation
19.
Which statement is true about a responding variable on a line graph?
a)
The responding variable is always located on the x-axis
b)
The responding variable is always located at the bottom of the graph.
c)
The responding variable is always located on the y-axis.
d)
The responding variable is always located under the title of the graph
20.
Which variable used to construct the line graph is the responding variable?
a)
the type of tree
b)
the pollen count
c)
the amount of precipitation
d)
the speed of the wind
21.
Which represents the independent or manipulated variable in the graph of the study done on the lemmings and snowy owls?
a)
number of snowy owls
b)
number of lemmings
c)
years or time
d)
type of animals
22.
Sarah was asked to study the data table which shows the water temperatures at various depths of the ocean.
What conclusion can Sarah draw from this data?
What conclusion can Sarah draw from this data?
a)
As the water depth increases, the temperature decreases.
b)
As the water depth increases, the temperature increases.
c)
As the water depth decreases, the temperature decreases.
d)
As the water depth increases, the temperature remains the same.
23.
Which type of observation is being made in the following situations?
My mom is wearing blue jeans.
My mom is wearing blue jeans.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
24.
Which type of observation is being made in the following situations?
My baby sister weighs twenty pounds.
My baby sister weighs twenty pounds.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
25.
Which type of observation is being made in the following situations?
When I dropped the basketball, it bounced two feet high.
When I dropped the basketball, it bounced two feet high.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
26.
Which type of observation is being made in the following situations?
The bunny’s fur is so soft that it feels like cotton balls.
The bunny’s fur is so soft that it feels like cotton balls.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
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