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Scientific Investigations

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tool would be used to examine items more closely?

a)

ruler

b)

hand lens

c)

graduated cylinder

d)

thermometer

2.

When a scientist says, "If ice cream, is placed on a hot sidewalk, then it will melt," he or she is stating a(n)___________________.

a)

conclusion

b)

hypothesis

c)

result

d)

experiment

3.

Which item is a hypothesis?

a)

The paper towel absorbs more water than the napkin.

b)

If my family takes showers instead of baths for a week, then they will use less water.

c)

The wind blew more frequently during the month of March.

d)

Why are the summer months always warm?

4.

Select the senses you would use to make an observation.

a)

smell

b)

talk

c)

hear

d)

see

e)

feel

5.

What do you call the process that scientists use to study the world around them?

a)

scientific steps

b)

scientific method

c)

operation

d)

hypothesis

6.

A girl went to the zoo. She saw a zebra with stripes and a bird with bright feathers. She observed the color of these animals with her sense of -----

a)

touch

b)

hearing

c)

sight

d)

smell

7.

What do you call information you gather and record during an experiment?

a)

conclusion

b)

hypothesis

c)

experiment

d)

data

8.

Select the tools that would be used to measure length----

a)

thermometer

b)

ruler

c)

scale

d)

measuring tape

e)

microscope

9.

Which step in the scientific method tells you if your hypothesis was correct or not?

a)

conclusion

b)

data

c)

question

d)

observation

10.

Who can be a scientist?

a)

anyone

b)

doctors

c)

adults

d)

professors