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Quiz 1: The Scientific Method

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An education guess about the results of an experiment is a _____________________
a)
Conclusion
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Experimental Plan
d)
Materials List
2.
A list of steps that tells how to complete an experiment
a)
Materials
b)
Procedure
c)
Conclusion
d)
Dependent Variable
3.
Which of the following is NOT part of a conclusion
a)
A description of the results and numerical data
b)
A description of errors and how these errors effect the experiment
c)
An educated guess about the outcome of the experiment
d)
Suggestions to improve the experiment when it is repeated
4.
To make sure your experimental results are reliable, you should:
a)
Write more than one hypothesis
b)
Use more than one variable
c)
Only do the experiment one time
d)
Repeat the experiment many times
5.
After you complete your experiment, you look carefully at data.  When you do this you _____________ the data. 
a)
Analyze
b)
Conclude
c)
Procedure
d)
Hypothesis
6.
Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):
a)
answer
b)
experiment
c)
problem
d)
safety check
7.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
8.

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

a)

observations

conclusion

b)

data

c)

variables

d)

hypothesis

9.

Inquiry means the process of:

a)

asking a question

b)

testing an idea

c)

recording data

d)

sharing testing results

10.
The scientific method produces reliable results.
a)
False
b)
True