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Research

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is research?

a)

When you are given the answers

b)

When you use resources to find information

c)

When you copy someone else's work

d)

All of the above

2.

What is a keyword?

a)

a single word or phrase on your topic

b)

a sentence about your topic

c)

a paragraph about your topic

d)

a question about your topic

3.

What is a bibliography?

a)

pictures about your topic

b)

a list of sources you used

c)

video clips

4.

You can use any image you want from Google images without giving credit.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is plagiarism?

a)

to use your own work.

b)

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source

c)

to paraphrase

d)

to write original work

6.

Plagiarizing someone's work is ....

a)

not cheating

b)

acceptable in Science and Social Studies but not English

c)

cheating or stealing from someone

d)

acceptable in all subjects

7.

The first step in the research process is...

a)

Citing your sources

b)

Organizing and writing

c)

notetaking

d)

Generate a list of topics

8.

Paraphrasing is...

a)

Copying the text

b)

Saying whatever I want after reading

c)

Putting information I read into my own words

d)

A water activity

9.

What step in the research process would involve reviewing/reading my resources and writing down facts/details?

a)

Generating a list of topics

b)

Read and take notes

c)

Citing references

d)

Create a research question?

10.
This is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).
a)
Experiments
b)
Case Study
c)
Survey
d)
Observational
e)
Correlational
11.

What is a hypothesis?

a)

an educated guess

b)

an absolute solution

c)

a random guess

d)

an experiment

12.

Which is NOT a step of the scientific method?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Problem

c)

Count items

d)

Draw Conclusions

13.

What is a theory?

a)

a guess on how something works

b)

a tested conclusion accepted as true

c)

a story explaining how the world works

d)

an assumption

14.

What are two methods of surveying?

a)

tests and interviews

b)

experiments and questionnaires

c)

interviews and questionnaires

d)

case studies and experiments

15.

What is a sample in research?

a)

the whole target population

b)

a piece of food you get to try

c)

an educated guess

d)

only part of the target population