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What is science?

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Biology mean?

a)

The study of rocks

b)

The study of life

c)

The study of stars

d)

The study of fire

2.

What is Chemistry?

a)

The study of life

b)

The study of earth

c)

The study of what is inside something

d)

The study of plants

3.

If you were to study how to cook foods, what type of science would that be?

a)

Biology

b)

Physics

c)

Earth Science

d)

Chemistry

4.

If I was studying earthquakes, what type of science would that be?

a)

Earth Science

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Zoology

5.

If I told you that "Marine" meant "ocean" - what would you think Marine Biology means?

a)

The study of fish in rivers

b)

The study of water

c)

The study of ocean water

d)

The study of plant and animal life in the ocean

6.

If you were studying the volcano on Hawaii, what type of science is that?

a)

Biology

b)

Marine Biology

c)

Mountain Biology

d)

Earth Science

7.

Science is the ______ gained.

a)

knowledge

b)

skill

c)

practice

d)

hypothesis

8.

A/an ________ is an educated guess.

a)

experiment

b)

opinion

c)

moral

d)

hypothesis

9.

A hypothesis is a/an ________.

a)

experiment

b)

explanation

c)

prediction

d)

conclusion

10.

Observations and _______ help scientists understand.

a)

conclusions

b)

explanations

c)

experiments

d)

opinions

11.

Scientists use knowledge to _________ the world around us.

a)

write papers about

b)

to target certain groups in

c)

understand and explain

d)

express opinions about

12.
Which of these fields of science doesn't use controlled experiments?
a)
astronomy
b)
chemistry
c)
physics
d)
biology
13.
________ is the process of obtaining information by using the senses. 
a)
analyze
b)
inference
c)
observation
d)
hypothesis
14.
A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences is known as _________. 
a)
lawyer
b)
firefighter 
c)
mathematician 
d)
scientist 
15.
A scientific _________ is a well tested explanation of the results of many experiments over many years. 
a)
law
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
experiment
16.
Using 1 or more senses to gather information
a)
inference
b)
observation
c)
analysis
d)
interpretation
17.

Science is a branch of knowledge obtained from:

a)

observation

b)

studies

c)

experimentation

d)

all of the above

18.

When we conduct a controlled experiment we are _______ the hypothesis.

a)

rewriting

b)

restating

c)

testing

d)

collecting

19.

There are times where we might have to repeat a step in the Scientific Method.

a)

Agree

b)

Neutral

c)

Disagree

20.

Which scientific tool is used to make distant objects appear closer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Which scientific tool is used to measure temperature?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

George was trying to view satellites from his backyard. What tool should he use to help find one?

a)

Microscope

b)

Ruler

c)

Scale

d)

Telescope

23.

Which scientific tool is used to make small objects appear larger?

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

Which scientific tool is used to measure length or distance?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

Biology is the study of what?

a)

Life

b)

Sandwich

c)

The human brain

d)

Weather

26.

What was the first animal sent into space?

a)

Alfred the monkey

b)

Laika the dog

c)

Ursula the fish

d)

Sandwich