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WorksheetsPhysical Science Chapter 1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the part of the experiment that the scientist changes directly?
The Control Group
The Independent Variable
The Dependent Variable
Constants
What is 75,000,000 in scientific notation?
7.5 x 106
75 x 106
7.5 x 107
7.5 x 10-6
Which number is the largest listed here?
1.4 x 1010
6.21685 x 109
3.6 x 10-11
9.81 x 108
1 bushel = 4 pecks. If you have 13 pecks, how many bushels do you have? Pick the set up that is correct
How many minutes are in 4 days? Pick the correct set up.
Theories are different from Laws because they haven't been proven yet.
True
False
A Theory is...
Just an idea, not yet proven or tested
An idea that's been tested, but not proven
An explanation of why a pattern occurs
An observed pattern in nature
How many km are in 23 m?
23,000 km
0.23 km
0.023 km
2.3 km
How many mL are in 5 kL?
5,000 mL
50,000 mL
500,000 mL
5,000,000 mL
Convert 9.4 Mb to kb
940 kb
0.000 0094 kb
9,400 kb
94,000 kb
You want to test the idea "wax makes my shoes less squeaky". You place wax on your left shoe, and nothing on your right shoe and listen for the squeaks. What is the "control group"?
The left shoe
The right shoe
The type of wax
How loud it squeaks
What is the goal of the scientific method?
To answer a question about nature
To draw conclusions
To perform experiments
To gather data
Which of these are NOT metric units? (check all that are NOT)
Liter
Quart
Second
Gram
Pound
Which of these ARE metric units? (Select all that ARE)
Inch
Meter
cm
gram
pint
If you have too many variables in your experiment, then...
You can't be sure what is really causing the change.
Your experiment is very well controlled.
You will be able to answer a lot of questions at once.
You may have a placebo effect.
You want to see if the temperature outside affects how quickly a cricket chirps. You record the temperature outside for 15 days, and time the chirps of the cricket outside with a stopwatch. The dependent variable is...
The 15 days
The temperature
How quickly the cricket chirps
The time of day
What is 7.359 x 103 in standard notation?
7,359,000
7.359000
7.359 x 103
7,359
