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SCIENTIFIC PROCESS SKILS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the first part of the scientific process?
a)
conclusion (answers the question)
b)
method (what we do in the experiment)
c)
ask a question 
d)
hypothesis (prediction)
2.

What is the second part of the scientific process?

a)

conclusion

b)

hypothesis (prediction)

c)

ask a question

d)

result

3.

What is the sixth part of the scientific process?

a)

Ask a question

b)

Observations

c)

Communicate

4.

Which science process skill involves using your five senses to describe what you see, hear, smell, feel, and taste?

a)

inferring

b)

predicting

c)

measuring

d)

observing

5.

Which science process skill uses a test under controlled conditions and follows steps?

a)

measuring

b)

experimenting

c)

collecting information

d)

inferring

6.

The cashier counted the money in the drawer after she ended her shift.This is an example of a(n):

a)

inference

b)

experiment

c)

hypothesis

d)

measurement

7.

What science skill do you use when you read graphs about temperature?

a)

inferencing

b)

predicting

c)

analyzing data

d)

experimenting

8.

You watch the Weather Channel one night and see that it is supposed to be hot and sunny the next day. You say to yourself “I think tomorrow is going to be a great day for the beach.” What process skill is demonstrated?

a)

communicating

b)

predicting

c)

classifying

d)

making operational definitions

9.

You go to Modell’s with your parents for a baseball jersey. You notice that soccer equipment is in aisle 1, the baseball equipment in aisle 2, the football equipment in aisle 3, and the hockey equipment in aisle 4.

What process skill is demonstrated?

a)

classifying

b)

communicating

c)

inferring

d)

predicting

10.

There is a breeze blowing through your classroom disturbing a pile of papers. Your teacher places a hockey puck on the pile of papers. You think to yourself, “A hockey puck is a paper weight!” What process skill is demonstrated?

a)

predicting

b)

measuring

c)

making models

d)

making operational definitions

11.

You hear a loud rumbling coming from outside and see flashing. Then rain starts pouring down. You know that there is a thunderstorm passing through your area. What process skill is demonstrated?

a)

classifying

b)

communicating

c)

inferring

d)

estimating

12.

For homework, you built a paper airplane. In class we tested the plane in various ways. What process skill is demonstrated?

a)

making models

b)

making operational definitions

c)

estimating and measuring

d)

classifying

13.
It is a process of explaining the meaning of the information or data gathered from the experimentation.
a)
interpreting data
b)
formulating hypothesis
c)
experimenting
d)
defining
14.
Tool used to measure mass
a)
graduated cylinder
b)
ruler
c)
triple beam balance
d)
thermometer
15.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
b)
A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
c)
A hypothesis is an educated guess.
d)
I don't know.
16.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
17.
What is an observation for this picture?
a)
The man is scared
b)
The man is going to get eaten
c)
There is a man in a kayak
d)
The man is paddling fast
18.

A student notices that apples vary in sweetness, and he wants to determine the cause.


Which of the following should be done first when developing a scientific investigation based on this observation?

a)

Perform an experiment.

b)

Form a hypothesis.

c)

Write a conclusion.

d)

Construct a graph.

19.

What is the correct order of the scientific method?

a)

Purpose, Hypothesis Research, Experiment, Analysis & Conclusion

b)

Research, Purpose, Analysis, Hypothesis, Experiment & Conclusion

c)

Purpose, Experiment, Analysis, Research, Hypothesis, & Conclusion

d)

Purpose, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis & Conclusion

20.
How many variables should be tested at a time?
a)
Three
b)
Zero
c)
Two
d)
One