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Chapter 1: The Nature of Science

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is science?

a)

A subject in school

b)

Process that uses observation and investigation to gain knowledge about events in nature

c)

Something that scientists study

d)

Study of the past

2.

What is a hypothesis?

a)

The answer to a question

b)

The result of a science experiment

c)

Educated guess or testable prediction

d)

The study of motion

3.

What is the International System of units (SI)?

a)

Standard system of units/ measurement used worldwide

b)

The metric system

c)

The American system of measurements

d)

A top-secret set of measurements used by government scientists only

4.

What is mass?

a)

Weight

b)

Amount of matter in an object

c)

The study of how heavy objects are

d)

The study of elements

5.

What is a Scientific law?

a)

Rule of nature that sums up observations to describe a pattern in nature

b)

A rule of government

c)

A rule of science

d)

Newton’s law of force

6.

What is the scientific method?

a)

A law of science

b)

The method of doing science experiments

c)

An organized set of investigation procedures used by scientists

d)

The study of how science works

7.

What are the steps of the scientific method?

a)

Ask a question, research, hypothesis, design experiment, gather + analyze data, conclusion, share results, and possibly further research

b)

Ask a question, guess, gather data, conclusion

c)

Ask Donald Trump, design experiment, share results, and build a wall

d)

Hypothesis, design experiment, gather and analyze data, conclusion, and share results

8.

What is density?

a)

Force that pulls objects underwater

b)

Mass of an object

c)

Mass per unit volume of a material

d)

The study of aerodynamics

9.

What is a Scientific theory?

a)

A hypothesis

b)

An explanation based on the Scientific Laws

c)

Einstein’s theory of Relativity

d)

Explanation based on experiments, most logical explanation

10.

What is time

a)

Interval between two occurring events

b)

A measurement

c)

Seconds

d)

a clock

11.

What is a graph?

a)

A measurement of information

b)

Visual display of information or data

c)

A Drawing

d)

an algebraic image

12.

What does a line graph do

a)

Shows trends or how data changes over time

b)

Shows percentages

c)

Shows numbers

d)

Graphs a hypothesis

13.

What is a circle graph used for?

a)

Comparing info

b)

Use to show how a fixed quantity is broken into parts

c)

To show trends

d)

To show a quadratic equation

14.

What is a bar graph used for

a)

Comparing information collected by counting horizontal

b)

Comparing Linear equations

c)

To show how many red pantsuits Hillary Clinton wore this year

d)

To show percentages

15.

What is mass?

a)

Amount of matter in an object

b)

Weight

c)

A measurement of how many particles are in an object

d)

A Gram

16.

What is a constant

a)

A number that is not a variable

b)

factor that does not vary in an experiment

c)

A letter that is not a vowel

d)

The standard for comparison