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Unit Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The scientific method is

a)

Ways scientist make problems and ask questions

b)

Ways scientist answer questions and solve problems

c)

Ways scientist never solve problem.

d)

Scientists brainstorming ideas.

2.

Mrs. Grant. set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?

a)

Distance travelled by the ball

b)

Mass of the ball

c)

Where the experiment took place.

d)

Height of the ramp.

3.

Which is not a step in the scientific method?

a)

Make an observation

b)

Collect data

c)

Form a theory

d)

Form a hypothesis

4.

Daniel was investigating how fast it took mice to react to different sounds. Identify the independent variable.

a)

How fast mice reacted

b)

Different sounds

c)

Types of music

d)

Daniel

5.

The use of your senses to understand the world around you.

a)

Inference

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Conclusion

d)

Observation

6.

Which step of the scientific Method is this example- To find out if chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis.

a)

Aim

b)

Experiment

c)

Conclusion

d)

Data

7.

Which step of the scientific method is this example- Does the volume of water change when it freezes?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Analysis

c)

Question

d)

Conclusion

8.

What is the first step in the scientific method?

a)

Make an observation

b)

Design and conduct an experiment

c)

share your results

d)

Make an hypothesis

9.

A students wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate . What is the dependent variable?

a)

Time of days exercise occurs

b)

Heart rate

c)

Amount of exercise

d)

Type of exercise

10.

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. What is the dependent variable?

a)

Increase the amount of iron in your body

b)

Spinach you eat

c)

Type of spinach

d)

The individual

11.

What do we call the If, Then Statement in an experiment?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Conclusion

c)

Discussion

d)

Independent variable

12.

What type of variable are the things we keep the same in an experiment?

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Controlled variable

c)

Independent variable

d)

Manipulated variable

13.

We always use this variable to measure or get a result in an experiment

a)

Constant variable

b)

Manipulated variable

c)

Independent variable

d)

Dependent variable

14.

An explanation of how our evidence supported or did not support our hypothesis. Uses data results to explain learning.

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Data

c)

Procedures

d)

Conclusion

15.

Data that is an observation and uses words to describe results.

a)

Qualitative data

b)

Scientific observation

c)

Quantitative data

d)

Observation

16.

Data that uses numbers to explain results

a)

Qualitative data

b)

Observation data

c)

Quantitative data

d)

Scientific data

17.

What would be a good hypothesis for a heart rate experiment?

a)

If I move faster, my heart rate will decrease.

b)

If I move faster, my heart rate will increase.

c)

If I move slower, my heart rate will decrease.

d)

All of the above

18.

A student is designing an experiment to investigate whether heavier female rats produce more offspring than lighter female rats. In the experiment, what are the independent and dependent variables?

a)

Independent variable: age of the female rats

Dependent variable: weight of the female rats

b)

Independent variable: weight of the female rats

Dependent variable: number of offspring.

c)

Independent Variable: number of offspring

Dependent variable: weight of the female rats.

d)

Independent variable: weight of the female rats

Dependent variable: age of the female rats.

19.

What is the independent and dependent variables in Carol's investigation?

a)

Independent variable: number of seedlings in each group

Dependent variable: colour of light

b)

Independent variable: colour of light

Dependent variable: height of seedlings

c)

Independent variable: height if seedlings

Dependent variable: colour of light

d)

Independent variable: air temperature

Dependent variable: height of seedlings

20.

The setup is used to investigate whether sodium chloride solution can preserve peas. Which of the following set-up should be included as the control in this investigation?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Which of the following statements about the control set up of an experiment is/ are correct?

  1. It is identical to the experimental set-up except that the factor under investigation is absent.
  2. It is to ensure the result of the experiment is due to the factor under investigation.
  3. Not all the investigations require a control set- up.
a)

1 only

b)

2 and 3 only

c)

1 and 2 only

d)

1, 2 and 3

22.

The scientific method is made up of several:

a)

Stones

b)

Problems

c)

Experiments

d)

Steps

23.

The information you gather in an experiment is called your

a)

Data

b)

Notebook

c)

Conclusions

d)

Inquiry

24.

List the scientific process steps in order.

a)

Observation , question, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion

b)

conclusion, observation, experiment, data, hypothesis

c)

observation, experiment, hypothesis, conclusion, data, question

d)

none of the above

25.

Constants are factors in an experiment that stay the same. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What should an experimenter do after analysing data?

a)

Carry out the experiment

b)

Observe and infer

c)

Draw conclusions

d)

Identify the problem

27.

A statement that can be tested or is an educated guess is know as what?

a)

Control

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Observation

d)

Independent variable

28.

An independent variable is?

a)

Step by step approach to solving problem

b)

Variable measured during experiment

c)

A statement that can be tested.

d)

Variable changed by the experimenter

29.

What kind of data is shown in the example?

The girl is 72 inches tall.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitative Data

30.

What part of the scientific method tests the scientists hypothesis?

a)

Analysis

b)

Do the experiment

c)

Ask a question

d)

Share/ communicate results

31.

Osmosis is the movement of ________ across a membrane.

a)

Food

b)

Oxygen

c)

Energy

d)

Water

32.

During osmosis

a)

Water moves from high to low concentration

b)

Water moves when energy is used.

c)

Large or oddly shaped molecules move across a cell membrane.

d)

Proteins are built

33.

Permeable means

a)

Things can pass through

b)

It is permanent

c)

The concentration levels are different

d)

Things are stuck

34.

What is the definition of selective permeability?

a)

The movement of materials across the cell membrane that requires NO ENERGY from the cell

b)

The ability of the cell to allow some things to pass through while preventing other things from passing through.

c)

The movement of materials through( or across) the cell membrane.

d)

The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to a area of low concentration.

35.

If there is a 5 percent water inside a cell and 20 percent water outside a cell

a)

More water will move inside the cell

b)

There will be no net movement of water, it moves into and out of the cell at the same time.

c)

More water will move outside the cell.

d)

The cell will burst.

36.

An animal cell placed in a hypotonic solution will

a)

Shrink

b)

Stay in the same

c)

Swell

37.

An animal cell placed in a hypertonic solution will

a)

Shrink

b)

Stay the same

c)

Swell

38.

Ideally, your cells should be in a (n)________ solution

a)

Hypotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Isotonic

39.

Where will the water go?

a)

Into the cell

b)

Out of the cell

c)

Equally in and out- its isotonic

d)

There is no water

40.

What direction does water move in osmosis?

a)

High to low

b)

Low to high

c)

Concentration solution to dilute solution

41.

Which of the following have cell walls?

a)

All cells

b)

Lizards

c)

Plants

42.

Which of the following have cell membrane?

a)

Only plants

b)

Only bacteria

c)

Only animal cells

d)

All cells

43.

What is a solute?

a)

What you put in a solution

b)

What makes water change color

c)

What the base of the solution is.

44.

Fill the blanks in the sentence that fit the given photo. The solution is __________ and the gummy bear is ___________.

a)

Hypotonic and hypertonic

b)

hypertonic and hypotonic

c)

Isotonic and hypertonic

45.

Fill in the blank blue rectangle

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

46.

True or false: Water always move from the hypotonic solution to the hypertonic solution.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Which way will the water molecules move during osmosis?

a)

Out of the cell, so the cell shrinks

b)

Out of the cell, so the cell swells

c)

Into the cell so the cell swells

d)

Into the cell so the cell shrinks

48.

________________ regulates what enters and leaves a a cell.

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Mitochondria

49.

The cell below is in a __________ solution.

a)

Hypotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Isotonic

50.

The Cell below is in a __________ solution.

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Isotonic

c)

Hypotonic