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WorksheetsPRE-TEST: Science Fundamentals
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Dogs are the best pets.
a)
Objective
b)
Subjective
2.
Math focuses a lot on numbers and mathematical problems.
a)
Objective
b)
Subjective
3.
Cats are disgusting animals. They smell, their hair gets on everything, and they make too much noise.
a)
Objective
b)
Subjective
4.
Utah is the best state to live in because of our heritage and diversity.
a)
Objective
b)
Subjective
5.
Decisions based on facts and math are considered:
a)
Objective
b)
Subjective
6.
Bananas are a long and yellow fruit rich in potassium.
a)
Objective
b)
Subjective
7.
The candy was sour.
a)
Qualitative data
b)
Quantitative data
8.
If your teacher asked you to make qualitative observations about the class’s pet hamster, which group of words might be used?
a)
A mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, age of 16 months
b)
A mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, cute
c)
A long hair, white and brown colored, soft
d)
A temperature, length, weight
9.
The leaves on the plant are turning brown.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
c)
Both
d)
Neither
10.
This form of data would be considered _____
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
11.
The mass of the chocolate cake is 250 g.
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
12.
How much water is in the graduated cylinder
a)
40
b)
30
c)
35
d)
36
13.
What is this?
a)
Balance
b)
Triple beam balance
c)
Mass
d)
Graduated cylinder
14.
What measurement are we finding when we use a graduated cylinder?
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
length
d)
weight
15.
Grams are to mass, as meters are to what?
a)
density
b)
area
c)
volume
d)
length
16.
What is this tool called and what would it be used to measure?
a)
Meter stick and distance
b)
Meter stick and mass
c)
beaker and volume
d)
graduated cylinder and volume
17.
How many children like dogs?
a)
10
b)
8
c)
9
d)
4
18.
How many children like green?
a)
100
b)
10
c)
2
d)
5
19.
What type of graph is this?
a)
Bar Graph
b)
Line Plot
c)
Pictograph
d)
Tally Chart
20.
Which type of graph uses percentage of the whole?
a)
Line Grap
b)
Bar Grap
c)
Pie Graph
d)
Scatter Plot Graph
21.
This type of graph is used when
a)
We compare things
b)
To show a percentage of a whole
c)
When using time
d)
To show scatter plot
22.
The X axis is labeled with,
a)
the control variable
b)
the independent variable
c)
the sample variable
d)
dependent variable
23.
Where does the independent variable go on a graph?
a)
Horizontal axis
b)
Vertical Axis
c)
Line of best fit
d)
We don't graph it
24.
Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?
a)
Horizontal axis
b)
Vertical Axis
c)
Line of best fit
d)
We don't graph it
25.
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
26.
Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?
a)
yes
b)
no
27.
A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
28.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results.
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
29.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
30.
Two types of data scientists collect are...
a)
hypothesis and theory
b)
qualitative and quantitative
c)
myths and fables
d)
metric and standard measurements
31.
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
a)
Make observation
b)
Form a theory
c)
Collect data
d)
Form a hypothesis
32.
A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
33.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
34.
Where can you perform a science experiment?
a)
oceans
b)
kitchens
c)
laboratories
d)
all of the above
35.
The variable that affects the dependent variable is called the _________ variable.
a)
dependent
b)
optional
c)
independent
d)
scientific
36.
The affected variable is called the __________ variable.
a)
independent
b)
dependent
c)
changed
d)
numerical
37.
Does the temperature of water affect the time it takes a sugar cube to dissolve?
a)
IV: Type of water
DV: Dissolving rate
DV: Dissolving rate
b)
IV: Temperature of water
DV: type of sugar cube
DV: type of sugar cube
c)
IV: Temperature of Water
DV: Dissolving Rate
DV: Dissolving Rate
d)
IV: Time
DV: Number of sugar
DV: Number of sugar
38.
We want to know: Does the flavor of ice cream effect how fast the ice cream melts? We choose strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla.
What is our dependent variable?
What is our dependent variable?
a)
Different flavors of ice cream
b)
Strawberry ice cream
c)
How many votes for each ice cream
d)
How fast the ice cream melts
39.
We want to see which type of bubblegum allows for you to blow the largest bubble? We test Double Bubble, Big League Chew, and Extra.
What is the independent variable?
What is the independent variable?
a)
Number of bubbles blown
b)
Number of types of bubble gum
c)
Type of candy
d)
Type of bubblegum
40.
What two words NEED to be in a hypothesis?
a)
IF and THEN
b)
DRY and MIX
c)
DRYER and MIXER
d)
IFFER and THENNER
41.
Science is a continually ongoing process.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
A carefully controlled test to answer a question.
a)
variable
b)
hypothesis
c)
observation
d)
experiment
43.
What is the independent variable?
a)
cost of mowing
b)
Moe's Mowing Service
c)
$18
d)
Mowing Time
44.
A collection of beliefs such, such as astrology, is known as...
a)
Pseudoscience
b)
Fact
c)
Theory
d)
Law
45.
If something cannot be observed using the 5 senses, is not testable or repeatable, then it is not science.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
Which one the following is NOT a branch of science, but a pseudoscience because it not testable, repeatable and observable by scientific standards.
a)
A. astronomy: study of physical objects (such as stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and nebulae) and processes (such as supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, and cosmic microwave background radiation)
b)
B. physics: the study of properties of matter and energy (mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms)
c)
C. biology: the study of living organisms
d)
D. astrology: the study of how the positions of the stars and movements of the planets have a supposed influence on events and on the lives and behavior of people
47.
A ____________ is any factor that can change in an experiment or change the outcome of the experiment.
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
variable
48.
_______ is the amount of space an object or substance takes up.
a)
matter
b)
mass
c)
volume
d)
weight
49.
_______ is a measure of the amount of matter in an object.
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
weight
d)
volume
50.
True or False: The independent variable found on the x-axis.
a)
True
b)
False
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