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Scientific Method Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Compound
2.

Which step in the scientific method comes after research and uses the research to propose an answer to the question?

a)

hypothesis

b)

experiment

c)

procedures

d)

observations

3.

What type of statement is a hypothesis?

a)

accept or reject

b)

If....Then

c)

qualitative

d)

I think...because

4.

Which variable needs to stay the same?

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

controlled

d)

extraneous

5.
Which is the best definition for an independent variable?
a)
The variables that you need to keep the same for each test. 
b)
The  variable that you are measuring
c)
The variable that you are changing or comparing.
d)
The answer to your testable question
6.

Identify the dependent variable in the following hypothesis.

If more salt is added to water then the water will take longer to boil because salt causes the water to need more heat to boil.

a)

More heat is needed.

b)

Amount of salt

c)

Time to boil

d)

None of these

7.
Observations, like the color or texture of an object, are ________________ observations.
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
c)
operational
d)
scientific
8.

Observations, like height and weight, are ____________ observations

a)

quantitiative

b)

qualitative

c)

operational

d)

scientific

9.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
10.
Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):
a)
answer
b)
experiment
c)
problem
d)
safety check
11.
In order for an explanation to be considered scientific, it must be based on ____________.
a)
an inference
b)
a conclusion
c)
past experience
d)
evidence
12.

What is an inference?

a)

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and background knowledge.

b)

Something you can see, hear, taste, or touch

c)

An if - then statement

d)

Light you cannot see

13.

What is an Observation?

a)

Something that can be perceived with your senses

b)

A guess

c)

An explanation

d)

A question

14.

Which of the following would be considered Pseudoscience?

a)

Living things are made up of cells

b)

Ghosts live in graveyards

c)

E=MC2

d)

Oranges grow in Florida

15.

What are variables in science?

a)

Questions

b)

Predictions

c)

Parts of the experiment that can change

d)

Observations