WorksheetsUnit 1 the Nature of Science
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
You think climate change is causing clams from Ecuador to show up on Colombian beaches. You decide to ask climate change experts their opinion. This is an example of what step of the Scientific Process?
a)
Exploration and Discovery
b)
Testing Ideas
c)
Community Analysis and Feedback
d)
Benefits and Outcomes
2.
You find a clam you've never seen before. You decide to look for the same clams on a nearby beach. This is an example of what step of the Scientific Process?
a)
Exploration and Discovery
b)
Testing Ideas
c)
Community Analysis and Feedback
d)
Benefits and Outcomes
3.
You find a clam never before seen in Colombia. You decide it is important to study because it may be caused by climate change. This is an example of what step of the Scientific Process?
a)
Exploration and Discovery
b)
Testing Ideas
c)
Community Analysis and Feedback
d)
Benefits and Outcomes
4.
You find a clam never before seen in Colombia. After comparing it to another species of clam from Ecuador, you hypothesize that they are the same species, and migrated to Colombia. This is an example of what step of the Scientific Process?
a)
Exploration and Discovery
b)
Testing Ideas
c)
Community Analysis and Feedback
d)
Benefits and Outcomes
5.
The Scientific Process shows that scientific discoveries _________.
a)
are made by doing steps in different orders
b)
Are always done by using the same steps in the same order
c)
are based on experiments only
d)
are random
6.
If you want to smell a chemical you should...
a)
Put your nose in the beaker
b)
Tell your partner to put their nose in the beaker
c)
Inhale deeply 3 times
d)
waft the scent towards you
7.
Which of the following is NOT appropriate dress during a lab?
a)
Lab coat
b)
sandals
c)
goggles
d)
Tying hair back in a ponytail
8.
If you spill an acid you should...
a)
Try to clean it up using paper towels
b)
Hide it from other students
c)
Mix it with other compounds to neutralize it
d)
Tell your teacher
9.
Volume is ...
a)
The weight of an object
b)
The amount of matter an object is made of
c)
The amount of space an object takes up
d)
How long something is
10.
What is the scientific tool used to measure mass?
a)
Triple beam balance
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
hot plate
d)
meter stick
11.
What is the metric unit for distance?
a)
gram
b)
liter
c)
meter
d)
yard
12.
What is the metric unit of volume?
a)
Grams
b)
Meters
c)
Cups
d)
Liters
13.
Mass is...
a)
The amount of matter in an object
b)
The amount of space an object takes up
c)
How much something weighs
d)
How big something is
14.
convert 30 cm to m
a)
300
b)
3
c)
0.03
d)
0.3 m
15.
Convert 8 kilometers to meters
a)
800 m
b)
80,000 m
c)
8,000 m
d)
.008 m
16.
Convert 6570 cm to km
a)
.06570 km
b)
.6570 km
c)
6.570 km
d)
657.0 km
17.
"Based on his facial expression, I assume he is sad." This is an example of a
a)
Quantitative Observation
b)
Qualitative Observation
c)
Inference
18.
"The car is 1.7 meters long" This is an example of a
a)
Quantitative Observation
b)
Qualitative Observation
c)
Inference
19.
"The man's shirt has black stains" This is an example of a
a)
Quantitative Observation
b)
Qualitative Observation
c)
Inference
20.
To find out which shampoo makes hair the smoothest, Claire tests 4 different shampoos. Before she tests the shampoos, she washes her hair with water only. The water is the
a)
Control group
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
experimental group
21.
To find out which shampoo makes hair the smoothest, Claire tests 4 different shampoos. The type of shampoo that she uses is the
a)
Control group
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
experimental group
22.
To find out which shampoo makes hair the smoothest, Claire tests 4 different shampoos. The smoothness of her hair is the
a)
Control group
b)
independent variable
c)
dependent variable
d)
experimental group
23.
To find out which shampoo makes hair the smoothest, Claire tests 4 different shampoos. Each time she washes, she uses 30ml of shampoo. This would be...
a)
Constant
b)
dependent variable
c)
Control Group
d)
experimental group
24.
To find out which shampoo makes hair the smoothest, Claire tests 4 different shampoos. She predicts that washing with shampoo is not better than washing with water.
a)
Control Group
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Constant
d)
Hypothesis
25.
To find out which shampoo makes hair the smoothest, Claire tests 4 different shampoos. When she tests each of the 4 brands of shampoo, they are
a)
Control Groups
b)
Experimental groups
c)
Constants
d)
Independent Variables
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