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Scientists1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who laid the foundations for classical mechanics, explaining the law of gravity and the laws of motion in 1867?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Antoine Lavoisier

2.

Who created one of the first modern telescopes, and successfully proved the Earth revolves around the Sun?

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

James Clerk Maxwell

d)

Gregor Mendel

3.
What was Galileo's most important invention
a)
Water Pump
b)
Telescope
c)
The Big Wheel
d)
Electricity
4.

(14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) He was a German-born scientist. He worked on theoretical physics. He developed the theory of relativity. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for theoretical physics. His famous equation is E=m.c2 (E = energy, m = mass, c = speed of light).

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Galileu Galilei

d)

Nikola Tesla

5.

(25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726) He was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer. In 1687, he presented his theory of universal gravitation and three laws of motion. He built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1668. He also developed a theory of light based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the colors of the rainbow.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Charles Darwin

6.

Experiment: How does the flavor of ice cream affect the speed of melting?

The flavor of ice cream is the ___________ variable.

a)

independent

b)

dependent

7.

Experiment: Does changing the wing shape to make it more narrow affect the distance a paper airplane will fly?


The wing shape is the ___________ variable.

a)

independent

b)

dependent

8.
The independent variable is the
a)
one you measure.
b)
one you change.
9.
You can have more than one independent variable in a controlled experiment.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?
a)
yes
b)
no
11.

The one variable in an experiment that is purposely changed by the scientist is the________________.

a)

dependent variable

b)

independent variable

c)

data

d)

control group

12.
Identify the independent variable:
A study was done to find if different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car.
a)
The car
b)
The distance the car took to brake
c)
The different tire treads
d)
The driver
13.
Identify one controlled variable:
A study was done to find if different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car.
a)
The car
b)
The distance the car took to brake
c)
The different tire treads
d)
The day of the race
14.
Identify one controlled variable:
A study was done to find if different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car.
a)
The car
b)
The distance the car took to brake
c)
The different tire treads
d)
The day of the race
15.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
experiment
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
16.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
experiment
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
17.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
experiment
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
18.
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
a)
Make observation
b)
Form a theory
c)
Collect data
d)
Form a hypothesis
19.
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
a)
Make observation
b)
Form a theory
c)
Collect data
d)
Form a hypothesis
20.

The first step of the scientific method is to _____________________________.

a)

ask a question/state a problem

b)

do an experiment

c)

research

d)

draw a conclusion

21.

Another word for prediction is: ________________

a)

hypothesis

b)

conclusion

c)

experiment

d)

data

22.
The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.
a)
data
b)
conclusions
c)
notebook
d)
inquiry
23.
The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.
a)
data
b)
conclusions
c)
notebook
d)
inquiry
24.
In a well designed experiment, you should change how many variables?
a)
only one
b)
no more than two
c)
none at all
d)
as many as are needed
25.

Everything you want to remain the same or unchanged is called the ___________ variables.

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

controlled