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What is the scientific method?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a prediction?

a)

What the evidence shows

b)

What you think will happen

c)

Something to do with a snake called Pascal

d)

The outcome of an experiment

2.

What is a hypothesis?

a)

What scientists think will happen

b)

Another word for an experiment

c)

An idea which can be tested

d)

A mythical hippo-like creature

3.

What does a 'fair test' mean?

a)

All variables are kept the same

b)

The test tubes are given a verbal warning before being moved to amber.

c)

An experiment where everything is kept the same except one variable

d)

There is a control experiment

4.

Tick suitable ways to 'present data'

a)

In tables and graphs

b)

A videod news report

c)

Making a podcast

d)

A poem

e)

A leaflet

5.

Which of these means:

To put things into groups

a)

Classifying

b)

Pattern seeking

c)

Researching

d)

Observing over time

6.

To use secondary sources

a)

Classifying

b)

Pattern seeking

c)

Researching

d)

Observing over time

7.

To take multiple measurements or observations over minutes, hours, days, or months.

a)

Classifying

b)

Pattern seeking

c)

Researching

d)

Observing over time

8.

Which method of scientific enquiry would be most suitable for testing "How does the moon's shape change in my local area over one month?"

a)

Fair test

b)

Pattern seeking

c)

Classifying

d)

Observing over time

9.

Which method of scientific enquiry is most suitable to test: "Where do daisies grow the most on our school field?"

a)

Classifying

b)

Fair test

c)

Researching

d)

Pattern seeking

10.

What do we mean by "the method"

a)

The equipment we need

b)

The way in which an experiment is done

c)

Probably a Jason Statham film

d)

The evidence we collect