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Physical Science Chapter 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the part of the experiment that the scientist changes directly?

a)

The Control Group

b)

The Independent Variable

c)

The Dependent Variable

d)

Constants

2.

What is 75,000,000 in scientific notation?

a)

7.5 x 106

b)

75 x 106

c)

7.5 x 107

d)

7.5 x 10-6

3.

Which number is the largest listed here?

a)

1.4 x 1010

b)

6.21685 x 109

c)

3.6 x 10-11

d)

9.81 x 108

4.

1 bushel = 4 pecks. If you have 13 pecks, how many bushels do you have? Pick the set up that is correct

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

How many minutes are in 4 days? Pick the correct set up.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
6.

Theories are different from Laws because they haven't been proven yet.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A Theory is...

a)

Just an idea, not yet proven or tested

b)

An idea that's been tested, but not proven

c)

An explanation of why a pattern occurs

d)

An observed pattern in nature

8.

How many km are in 23 m?

a)

23,000 km

b)

0.23 km

c)

0.023 km

d)

2.3 km

9.

How many mL are in 5 kL?

a)

5,000 mL

b)

50,000 mL

c)

500,000 mL

d)

5,000,000 mL

10.

Convert 9.4 Mb to kb

a)

940 kb

b)

0.000 0094 kb

c)

9,400 kb

d)

94,000 kb

11.

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"?

a)

The left shoe

b)

The right shoe

c)

The type of wax

d)

How loud it squeaks

12.

What is the goal of the scientific method?

a)

To answer a question about nature

b)

To draw conclusions

c)

To perform experiments

d)

To gather data

13.

Which of these are NOT metric units? (check all that are NOT)

a)

Liter

b)

Quart

c)

Second

d)

Gram

e)

Pound

14.

Which of these ARE metric units? (Select all that ARE)

a)

Inch

b)

Meter

c)

cm

d)

gram

e)

pint

15.

If you have too many variables in your experiment, then...

a)

You can't be sure what is really causing the change.

b)

Your experiment is very well controlled.

c)

You will be able to answer a lot of questions at once.

d)

You may have a placebo effect.

16.

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...

a)

The 15 days

b)

The temperature

c)

How quickly the cricket chirps

d)

The time of day

17.

What is 7.359 x 103 in standard notation?

a)

7,359,000

b)

7.359000

c)

7.359 x 103

d)

7,359