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Process of Science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do you use your senses to learn about an object.

a)

When I observe.

b)

When I predict.

c)

When I compare.

2.

All students go to school. You are a student. Therefore you go to school.


What type of reasoning was used?

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

3.

Since today is Friday, tomorrow will be Saturday.


What type of reasoning was used?

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

4.

Since it rained every christmas day for the past four years it will rain on christmas day this year.


What type of reasoning was used?

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

5.

A child examines ten tulips from a crop, all of them are red, and concludes that all tulips must be red.


What type of reasoning was used?

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

6.

Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, Clarke has a platypus. Clarke went to clean up her platypus' nest this morning and saw a pair of eggs, so she concluded that a platypus is an oviparous animal.


What type of reasoning was used?

a)

Deductive

b)

Inductive

7.

When you hold two or more conflicting ideas in your mind or act in ways that conflict with each other.

a)

implicit bias

b)

cognitive dissonance

c)

confirmation bias

d)

mere exposure effect

8.

What is an experiment?

a)

A report by a scientist

b)

The answer to a question

c)

Something unknown

d)

A way to test an idea

9.

What is the first step in the scientific method?

a)

Look at your data and make a conclusion.

b)

Make observations and ask a question.

c)

Run an experiment.

d)

Write a plan.

10.

What is the variable in an experiment?

a)

the glass tubes you use

b)

the questions you ask

c)

the thing you want to test

d)

the part that stays the same

11.
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
12.
In a controlled experiment, how many variables can be worked with at a time? 
a)
one
b)
none
c)
two or more
d)
how ever many makes sense.
13.
The part of the experiment that remains the same for the control and experimental group.
a)
constants
b)
control
c)
independent
d)
dependent
14.
Mr. S. sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp.  Identify the independent variable.
a)
distance traveled by the ball
b)
height of the ramp
c)
mass of the ball
d)
weight of the ball
15.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Compound
16.
An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?
a)
Type of plant
b)
Water, apple juice, milk
c)
Plant growth
d)
Color of the plant's leaves
17.

What does C represent in C-E-R?

a)

Caption

b)

Claim

c)

Conclusion

d)

Chapter

18.

What does EVIDENCE mean?

a)

A statement you believe to be true

b)

An opinion

c)

An argument

d)

Proof that supports your reasons

19.

What is a CLAIM?

a)

A statement you believe to be false

b)

An opinion

c)

An arguable statement

d)

Evidence that proves something is right

20.

What does the REASON do?

a)

Explains evidence

b)

It makes a good argument

c)

Tells your opinion

d)

Tells why you think what you think