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WorksheetsThinking Like a Scientist
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The following are attitudes of scientists EXCEPT:
Open-Mindedness & Skepticism
Awareness of Bias
Honesty & Observations
Ethics
Curiosity & Creativity
An attitude of skepticism means:
using your observations to draw conclusions
have doubt, or not believing
being open-minded to new ideas
being influenced by your emotions
Having a sense of ethics means:
having doubt or questioning
being influenced by emotions
being accepting of new ideas
rules that enable people to know right from wrong
Personal bias is:
when you are influenced by the people are you
when you are influenced by your lifestyle
when you are influence by your like or dislikes
when you are influence by your culture
Cultural bias is:
when you are influenced by the people are you
when you are influenced by your lifestyle
when you are influence by your like or dislikes
when you are influence by your culture
Experimental bias is:
when you are influenced by the people are you
when your experiment has a mistake
when you are influence by your like or dislikes
when you are influence by your culture
Adrian wanted to test the best soil to grow sunflowers. He put different soils in two different pots. He watered one pot every day but only watered the other pot every other day. What type of bias is this?
Personal Bias
Cultural Bias
Experimental Bias
Observational Bias
Sabrina loves the taste of spicy food. She thinks the students would be happier if they served spicy food. What type of bias is this?
Personal Bias
Cultural Bias
Experimental Bias
Observational Bias
Samuel wants to study the best natural pest control in the desert. He studied plants, scorpions, and birds but did not study snakes since they are considered bad luck in his religion. What type of bias is this?
Personal Bias
Cultural Bias
Experimental Bias
Observational Bias
Objective reasoning is:
studying an object to draw a conclusion
using evidence to draw a conclusion
using attitudes of a scientist to draw a conclusion
using personal feelings to draw a conclusion
Subjective reasoning is:
studying an object to draw a conclusion
using evidence to draw a conclusion
using attitudes of a scientist to draw a conclusion
using personal feelings to draw a conclusion
Starting with observations to come up with a general idea or conclusion is which type of reasoning?
objective reasoning
subjective reasoning
deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
faulty reasoning
Creating a general idea or conclusion based on too little data is which type of reasoning?
objective reasoning
subjective reasoning
deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
faulty reasoning
Starting with a general idea then relating that general idea to your investigation or observation to draw a conclusion is which type of reasoning?
objective reasoning
subjective reasoning
deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
faulty reasoning
