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Nature of Science Review 6th-8th Grade

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Independent variable (input)

a)

What I change

b)

What I observe and measure

c)

What remains the same

2.

Dependent variable (output)

a)

What I change

b)

What I observe and measure

c)

What remains the same

3.

Control (constant)

a)

What I change

b)

What I observe and measure

c)

What remains the same

4.

An idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation

a)

hypothesis

b)

theory

c)

scientific law

5.

If a hypothesis is not supported by the data, the hypothesis is...

a)

still valuable if it leads to further investigation

b)

incorrect and, therefore, not valuable

c)

discarded

6.

Select all the phrases that a scientist would use

a)

results support

b)

results fail to support

c)

results prove

7.

When a scientists conducts multiple trials of their own experiment

a)

repetition

b)

replication

8.

When scientists have other scientists copy their experiment to see if they get the same results

a)

repetition

b)

replication

9.

Select all the benefits of scientific models

a)

Represents ideas or objects that cannot be experienced directly

b)

Helps us understand the natural wolrd

c)

Helps us notice patterns and make predictions

d)

Oversimplify the process

e)

Creates misconceptions

10.

Select all of the following that scientific knowledge is based on.

a)

empirical evidence

b)

logical reasoning

c)

beliefs

d)

opinions

e)

predictions and models

11.

Well-substantiated EXPLANATION of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment

a)

theory

b)

law

12.

A statement based on repeated experimental observations that DESCRIBES some aspect of the universe.

a)

theory

b)

law