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Reading 1.2 – How Can Models Help Me Understand Odors?

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In science, models are helpful in many ways. In general, scientists develop models and use them to explain _______________.

a)

desks

b)

phenomena

c)

pupils

d)

questions

2.

Bananas, apples, lemons, and kiwis all have different odors. Your nose can tell the difference. In fact, people’s noses can detect about _______________ different odors.

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1,000

d)

10,000

3.

A model that helps you describe what you know about odors today might not help you explain what you learn about ___________ later in this unit.

a)

sight

b)

taste

c)

odors

d)

feeling

4.

A map and a globe can both be good ____________.

a)

maids

b)

models

c)

makes

d)

fish

5.

Wherever you are— in a classroom, outside,on a bus, at home— you can smell ____________ because they become part of the air.

a)

experiences

b)

odors

c)

pumpkins

d)

muffins

6.

Even though all of the 10,000 odors people can smell go from a source into the air to their _______________, each odor is very different.

a)

eyes

b)

noses

c)

ears

d)

mouth

7.

Light travels too fast for people to see it moving; however, you can ___________ how light moves.

a)

see

b)

model

c)

smell

d)

move

8.

Your nose detects odors even if you cannot see them.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

When you eat an orange, you usually can smell the _____________ odor.

a)

red

b)

orange

c)

yellow

10.

Sometimes the model you imagine in your __________ is difficult to represent with a drawing.

a)

nose

b)

head

c)

ears

d)

mouth

11.

As you study in science, you will sometimes change your models. _______________ do this, too.

a)

Fish

b)

Scientists

c)

Dryers

d)

Walls

12.

When you learn new information, you sometimes need to leave your old model the same.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

A model that helps you describe what you know about odors today might not help you explain what you learn about odors later in this unit. Your model might stay the same or it might change as you learn ___________ information.

a)

old

b)

new

c)

super

d)

awesome

14.

If you asked a scientist to describe the continents on Earth, that person could use a globe or a ___________.

a)

mouse

b)

map

c)

fish

d)

bed

15.

If you had to explain why the temperature in Alaska is cold for most of the year, a _____________ would be more helpful than a flat map.

a)

story

b)

globe

c)

pool

d)

lake

16.

All odors that humans smell have that in common— they all move as part of the __________________.

a)

salt

b)

air

c)

earth

d)

water

17.

Even though all of the 10,000 _____________ people can smell go from a source into the air to their noses, each odor is very different.

a)

sights

b)

odors

c)

tastes

18.

In what state of matter would you be able to best smell an odor

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

19.

What is all matter made up of?

a)

Air

b)

Particles

c)

Water

d)

Carbon

20.

Which of the following is a detector?

a)

Proton

b)

Atom

c)

Nose

d)

State of Matter

21.

How can we smell different scents?

a)

scent molecules travels unto our noses

b)

we sniff the air

c)

our brain tells us what we are smelling

d)

a magic bus travels into our nose

22.

A tennis ball could be used to represent the sun because it's round and yellow. Which of the following could also be used to model the sun?

a)

a light bulb

b)

an empty cup

c)

an eraser

d)

a Kleenex box

23.

What information is NOT shown in this diagram of the solar system?

a)

the names of planets

b)

the order of the planets

c)

the path the planets travel in their orbit

d)

the distance between the planets

24.

Which of the following describes the purpose of this diagram?

a)

to show the importance of watering plants

b)

to show how water accumulates

c)

to show the path and continuous movement of water on Earth

d)

to show how much rain can fall

25.

True or False--A model can never be revised.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

True or false--Models can never be the same size as the object being copied.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

True or false--all models must be working models.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

using the 5 senses to learn

a)

observing

b)

communicating

c)

predicting

d)

collecting data

29.

sharing ideas and info

a)

classifying

b)

formulation questions

c)

communicating

d)

experimenting

30.

making small version

a)

identifying variables

b)

making models

c)

experimenting

d)

communicating

31.

A "picture" of your data. A few examples of these are line, and bar.

a)

Graph

b)

Instagram

c)

Snapchat

d)

Diary

32.

What kind of graph is this?

a)

Bar Graph

b)

Line Graph

c)

Picto Graph

d)

Instragram

33.

Any representation of an object or process.

a)

Model

b)

System

c)

Graph

d)

Mr. Caldwell

34.

using one or more of your senses to gather information

a)

density

b)

inferring

c)

predicting

d)

observing

35.

Apple juice, coffee, and vinegar are all examples of a

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

36.

Where is the BEST location for someone to smell odors?

a)

away from the source of the odor

b)

next to the source of the odor

c)

next to a window

d)

people can not smell odors

37.

Which of the following models BEST describes how we are able to smell odors?

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Creating a visual model of odors is important because...

a)

you can not see odors.

b)

you can not hear odors.

c)

you can not smell odors.

d)

you can not touch odors.

39.

How many different odors can your nose detect?

a)

10,000

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)

40.

We can smell odors because

a)

they are part of the air we breathe.

b)

they are part of the foods we eat.

c)

they can be hot and cold.

d)

we can not see them or hear them.

41.

When scientific models are created about phenomena, do they always stay the same?

a)

Scientific models can be revised.

b)

Scientific models always stay the same.

c)

Scientific models can not be changed.

d)

Scientific models take too long to revise.

42.

If your model does not explain the phenomena you experienced, what should you do?

a)

Use a different model.

b)

Try not to experience anything new.

c)

Assume that you must be wrong.

d)

Never use models.