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WorksheetsScientific Method Test Review: PUT YOUR REAL NAME
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is the scientific question that is being asked here?
What is the statue of liberty made out of?
What are pennies made out of?
Why are some pennies green and some pennies copper?
What color paint is on the pennies?
What is a good hypothesis for this question?
If the statue of liberty is made out of pennies, then it must be painted green.
The statue of liberty is green.
All pennies are green.
If some pennies are green and some are copper colored, then it must have something to do with how old the pennies are.
What is a hypothesis?
An uneducated guess
An educated guess in the form of an if-then statement
A question
A conclusion
What is an observation?
Something a scientist notices about the world around them
An educated guess
A question
A conclusion
What kind of work does a scientist do during the fifth step of the scientific method?
Research their topic in order to design an experiment
Test their hypothesis
Communicate their results to other scientists
Look at data in tables and graphs to determine its meaning
True or false: A hypothesis has to be true in order for an experiment to be valid
True
False
Which of the following methods increases the trustworthiness of an experiment?
Having a correct hypothesis
Repeated trials
More than one independent variable
No control variables
Which scientific tool is used to measure volume?
Graduated cylinder
Thermometer
Triple beam balance
Spring balance
Which scientific tool is used to measure length?
Ruler
Syringe
Beaker
Thermometer
Which scientific tool is used to measure mass?
Measuring tape
Thermometer
Beaker
Triple beam balance
In Marlin's experiment, which group is the control group?
Group A
Group B
What is the independent variable in this experiment?
The use of ointment
Anemone
Marlin
The number of stings
What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
The use of ointment
Anemone
Marlin
The number of stings
What is the scientific question Marlin is asking?
What kind of fish get stung by anemones?
What could reduce the number of stings from anemones?
Why do anemones sting?
What is a sea anemone?
What would be a good hypothesis for this experiment?
If a fish applies ointment, then they will not be stung by a sea anemone.
If a fish gets stung by a sea anemone, then they will be sad.
Fish cannot get stung by sea anemones.
Sea anemones are not stinging fish.
What should Marlin's conclusion be?
Ointment doesn’t help the fish to not get stung.
Fish do not get stung by sea anemones.
The use of ointment will prevent sea anemone stings.
What was Dory’s hypothesis?
If a fish swims faster, then they are smarter.
Fish like microwaved food.
Just keep swimming
If fish are exposed to microwaves, then they will swim faster.
Which fish are in the control group?
Special food group
Regular food group
What is the independent variable?
Use of microwaves
Swimming time
Fish group
Relocation
What is the dependent variable?
Use of microwaves
Swimming time
Fish group
Relocation
Look at the data table. What should the conclusion be?
The use of microwaves does not make fish swim faster.
The use of microwaves does make fish swim faster.
Fish do not need to eat food.
Fish should not eat microwaved food
What did Jenny do wrong in this experiment?
Jenny used more than one independent variable in her experiment
Jenny used more than one control variable in her experiment
Fertilizer doesn’t work on plants
Jenny should not be growing plants in a closet
What scientific question is Jenny asking?
Will fertilizer increase the growth rate of clam flowers?
Will the sun increase the growth rate of clam flowers?
Will a closet increase the growth rate of clam flowers?
Will Dory like the new clam flowers?
What could Jenny do to increase the validity of her experiment?
Have no control variables
Repeat the experiment several times
Make more observations
Write a conclusion
What is Jenny’s hypothesis?
If plants are put in a closet, then they can grow better.
Plants grow best in closets.
Plants grow best in the window.
If plants are given fertilizer, then they will grow better
