WorksheetsScientific inquiry
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Information you get from your senses?
a)
inference
b)
observation
c)
independent variable
d)
dependent variable
2.
An explanation you come up with for something you experience?
a)
inference
b)
observation
c)
independent variable
d)
dependent variable
3.
Which of these statements is an inference?
a)
Mrs. Klimchak is showing a movie today
b)
Mrs. Klimchak is holding her head
c)
Mrs. Klimchak is drinking alot of coffee today
d)
Mrs. Klimchak must not have gotten much sleep last night
4.
Which of the following is an observation?
a)
She must have done something wrong
b)
She looks afraid
c)
She must be one of those bad-eggs
d)
She got called to the office
5.
Which of the following is not an observation?
a)
He just got his test back
b)
He is smiling
c)
He must have gotten an "A"
d)
He is chair dancing
6.
Which of the following is a quantitative observation?
a)
There is one teacher in this room
b)
There are a lot of students in this class
c)
The class is a mix of boys and girls
d)
Everybody in the class is a teenager
7.
Which of the following is a qualitative observation?
a)
The man weighs three hundred pounds
b)
The man eats alot of cheeseburgers
c)
The man ate four cheeseburgers last night
d)
The man lives alone with his two cats, Mr. Cheezit and Mrs. Velveeta
8.
Something that can change or vary.
a)
variable
b)
experiment
c)
independent variable
d)
dependent variable
9.
A possible answer to a testable question.
a)
testable question
b)
variable
c)
hypothesis
d)
observation
10.
A carefully controlled test to answer a question.
a)
variable
b)
hypothesis
c)
observation
d)
experiment
11.
Measure to the nearest milliliter.
a)
73 mL
b)
72 mL
c)
76 mL
d)
76.1 mL
12.
What are the steps in the Scientific Method?
a)
Ask a Question, Make a Hypothesis, Do Background research, Conduct an Experiment, Analyze your data, Report your results.
b)
Ask a Question, Make a Hypothesis, Analyze your data, Do Background research, Conduct an Experiment, Report your results.
c)
Ask a Question, Do Background research, Make a Hypothesis, Conduct an Experiment, Analyze your data, Report your results.
d)
Ask a Question, Do Background research, Conduct an Experiment, Make a Hypothesis, Analyze your data, Report your results.
13.
Match the definition:
An explanation of observation or events
An explanation of observation or events
a)
scientific law
b)
life science
c)
physical science
d)
scientific theory
14.
Which step of the scientific method does this describe?
Say what happened, if your hypothesis was correct, and why it happened.
Say what happened, if your hypothesis was correct, and why it happened.
a)
hypothesis
b)
purpose
c)
experiment
d)
conclusion
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