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The Scientific Method

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After making observations and asking a question, what is the next step in the scientific method where you make an educated guess what the answer to your question will be?

a)

Observe (Ask a ?)

b)

Hypothesize

c)

Report

d)

Analyze

2.

After making a hypothesis, what is the next step in the scientific method, where you test your hypothesis?

a)

Experiment

b)

Hypothesize

c)

Report

d)

Analyze

3.

After conducting your experiment, what is the next step in the scientific method, where you look over the data you collected?

a)

Experiment

b)

Hypothesize

c)

Report Results

d)

Analyze and Draw Conclusions

4.

What is the final step in the scientific method, when you share what you have found out?

a)

Make Observations

b)

Hypothesize

c)

Report your Results

d)

Analyze and Draw Conclusions

5.

What does the first step of the scientific method, observe, mean?

a)

Make an educated guess

b)

Look around and ask a question

c)

Test the question

d)

Look at the results

6.
What does it mean to hypothesize?
a)
Make an educated guess
b)
Look around and ask a question
c)
Test the question
d)
Look at the results
7.
What does it mean to experiment?
a)
Make an educated guess
b)
Look around and ask a question
c)
Test the question
d)
Tell people what you learned
8.

What does it mean to analyze and draw conclusions?

a)
Make an educated guess
b)
Look at the results
c)
Test the question
d)
Tell people what you learned
9.

What does it mean to report the results?

a)
Make an educated guess
b)
Look at the results
c)
Test the question
d)
Tell people what you learned
10.

Which word below is what you keep the same in an experiment (Good experiments have a lot of these)?

a)

Control

b)

Constant

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Inference

11.

Which word below is what is normal to compare your experiment results to?

a)

Control

b)

Constant

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Inference

12.
Which answer below is a qualitative observation?
a)
The book is ten centimeters long.
b)
The plant was 23 centimeters tall.
c)
The plant is green and has shiny leaves.
d)
There are twenty students in my science class.
13.

Which answer below is a quantitative observation?

a)

The book is ten centimeters long.

b)

The plant looks healthy.

c)

The plant is green and has shiny leaves.

d)

The chair is blue.

14.
Which answer below would be an example of an inference?
a)
I see the kids running inside.
b)
I hear a dog barking.
c)
I think the girl is crying, because she tripped in the hall.
d)
I smell tacos.
15.

Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. What is his independent variable?

a)

The brand of gum

b)

Size of bubbles

c)

Amount of bubbles

d)

Number of pieces of gum

16.

Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. What is his dependent variable?

a)

The brand of gum

b)

Diameter of bubbles

c)

Amount of bubbles

d)

Number of pieces of gum

17.

Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. What is his control?

a)

The different brands of gum

b)

Size of bubbles

c)

Amount of bubbles

d)

The normal brand of gum he chews

18.

Bob wants to know what kind of gum he can use to blow the biggest bubbles. Which answer below would NOT be a constant in his experiment?

a)

The different brands of gum

b)

Time the gum is chewed

c)

Method used to measure the bubbles

d)

The number of trials

19.

Which answer below is an example of an inference?

a)

The cat is grey and white.

b)

There are four cats on the porch.

c)

The cats are hungry.

d)

There are two small cats and two large cats.

20.

Which answer is a quantitative observation?

a)

There are twenty students in the class.

b)

The sky is yellow.

c)

The grass is purple.

d)

The sun is pink.

21.

Which answer is a qualitative observation?

a)

There are twenty students in the class.

b)

The sky is yellow.

c)

The string is 15 centimeters long.

d)

The sun is 93 million miles from Earth.

22.

What is the independent variable of this experiment?

a)

The type of plant

b)

The temperature

c)

The color of light

d)

The height of the plant

23.

What would be a reasonable dependent variable for this experiment?

a)

The type of plant

b)

The temperature

c)

The color of light

d)

The height of the plant

24.

Check ALL of the answers below that the person conducting this experiment would have to keep constant.

a)

The type of plant

b)

The time under the lights

c)

The color of light

d)

The amount of water

25.

Looking at this experiment, what would be a good control to compare the results to?

a)

The type of plant

b)

The red light

c)

A white light

d)

The amount of water