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WorksheetsScientific Method
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many variables should be tested at a time?
a)
Three
b)
Zero
c)
Two
d)
One
2.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
a)
Make an observation --> Question
b)
Design and conduct an experiment
c)
Make an hypothesis
d)
Share your results
3.
This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted.
a)
experimental group
b)
control group
c)
data
d)
variables
4.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
5.
Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
6.
Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
7.
An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid: water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...
a)
The type of plant
b)
The amount of sunlight
c)
The type of music
d)
The type of liquid
8.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is...
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
9.
A testable prediction about a scientific investigation is a(n)
a)
Question
b)
Observation
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Experiment
10.
"The plant is pretty"
This observation is...
This observation is...
a)
Subjective
b)
Objective
11.
"The coin weighs 2 grams"
This observation is...
This observation is...
a)
Subjective
b)
Objective
12.
If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood.
What's the dependent variable?
What's the dependent variable?
a)
increase the amount of iron in your blood
b)
spinach you eat
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