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Experimental Design, Nature of Science Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The part of the experiment that does not contain the independent variable. Used for comparison.
a)
Control Group
b)
Experimental Group
c)
Results
d)
Data
2.

What is the effect of different concentrations of a pesticide on plant height?

What is the independent variable in the above question?

a)

pesticide

b)

height

c)

average

d)

effect

3.
What is an if....then statement that predicts the outcome of an experiment or how the Independent variable effects the dependent variable?
a)
Conclusion
b)
Materials
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Problem
4.
What is the part of the experiment that contains the independent variable?
a)
control group
b)
experimental group
c)
hypothesis
d)
dependent variable
5.
The type of variable that you change or manipulate in an experiment.  It is what you are testing.
a)
Independent
b)
Dependent
c)
Control
6.
The type of variable that responds to the experiment and is what you measure to determine if your hypothesis is true.
a)
Independent
b)
Dependent
c)
Control
7.
Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet.  He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure applause after playing  Under the Sea with each reed.  The results were put in the table.
What was the dependent variable?
a)
The Song
b)
The Reed
c)
The Applause
8.

A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.


The number of doors is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative Continuous

c)

Quantitative Discontinuous

d)

Ranked

9.

A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.


The colour of each car is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative Continuous

c)

Quantitative Discontinuous

d)

Ranked

10.

A shop owner records information about his customers.


The method of transport is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative Continuous

c)

Quantitative Discontinuous

d)

Ranked

11.

A shop owner records information about his customers.


The average amount of money spent is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative Continuous

c)

Quantitative Discontinuous

d)

Ranked

12.

The number of seats in a car is _____ data

a)

Quantitative Discontinuous

b)

Quantitative Continuous

c)

Ranked

d)

Qualitative

13.

All 30 people leaving at the end of a Manchester City game are asked about their favourite football team.


This is a _____ of all the football supporters in the country.

a)

Random sample

b)

Biased sample

c)

Census

d)

Population

14.

Researchers want to test the effect of a mouthwash on how white teeth are. They make a scale of whiteness from 1 to 10 with 10 being the whitest. What type of data is this?

a)

Quantitative Continuous

b)

Quantitative Discontinuous

c)

Ranked

d)

Qualitative

15.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
16.
A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
17.
An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
18.
A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.
a)
All living things have cells
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
19.

Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapts to its surrounding with brown fur.

a)

All living things evolve

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things have cells

20.
Which is NOT a characteristic that all living organisms share? 
a)
Ability to reproduce 
b)
Ability to grow 
c)
Ability to respond to their environment 
d)
Ability to dominate an ecosystem 
21.

You accidentally touch a hot burner and quickly pull your hand away. The burner is

a)

homeostasis

b)

a reaction

c)

ATP

d)

a stimulus

22.

______________ means that conditions inside our body are kept stable (the same)

a)

homeopathic

b)

Homo sapian

c)

homeostasis

d)

homologous

23.
A correlation shows that two things are
a)
related
b)
causing each other
c)
unrelated
24.
This implies that one variable has a direct affect on the other variable.
a)
Correlation
b)
Causation
25.

Dr. Jackson is making observations at Davisville High School to investigate the rate of smoking among American teenagers. Dr. Jackson decides she will observe students having their lunch in the parking lot where smoking is permitted. Dr. Jackson observes 25 out of 30 students smoking in the parking lot. Based on her observations she records that 83.3% of American teenagers smoke. What is the problem with her experiment?

a)

She did not do the math correctly

b)

She has biased her sample and reached an incorrect conclusion

c)

She did not have an experimental group

d)

She did not calculate the numbers correctly

26.

Are you allowed to say that you proved your hypothesis correct?

a)

yes

b)

no