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Method of Science

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chris wants to study the difference between lava that cools on land and lava that cools in the water. What branch of science is Chris studying?

a)

Earth

b)

Life

c)

Physical

d)

Rock

2.

Which of the following questions can be studied through scientific inquiry?

a)

Is it fair to have more than one best friend?

b)

If someone plays violent video games are they more likely to display violent behavior?

c)

What type of crust makes the best pizza?

d)

Do the colors purple and orange look good together?

3.

When a scientist has tested her/his hypothesis, the next step in scientific inquiry is to _______.

a)

communicate results

b)

hypothesize and predict

c)

analyze results

d)

draw conclusions

4.

Which of the following is a fact?

a)

Action movies are the most fun to watch

b)

Cars made in the Unites States are the best cars

c)

More white cares are sold every year than any other color

d)

All of the choices are facts

5.

Which statement is true?

a)

Science is only important to scientists

b)

People use science in their everyday lives

c)

Science is very interesting, but not very useful

d)

Scientists always agree on everything

6.

A scientific law does which of the following?

a)

describes a pattern in nature

b)

explains observations and events

c)

both a and b

d)

neither a nor b

7.

A scientific theory is _______

a)

the same as a fact

b)

a rule describing a pattern in nature

c)

accepted a fact until it is proved wrong

d)

an untested idea

8.

Put the steps of the scientific method in order.

Ask questions/Identify the problem

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

9.

Put the steps of the scientific method in order.

Hypothesize and Predict

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

10.

Put the steps of the scientific method in order.

Communicate the results

a)

first

b)

sixth

c)

third

d)

fifth

11.

Put the steps of the scientific method in order.

Draw conclusions

a)

first

b)

sixth

c)

third

d)

fifth

12.

Put the steps of the scientific method in order.

Test the results

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

13.

Which of the following is a scientific law?

a)

Plate tectonics explains the movement of Earth's crust

b)

If you drop an object, it will fall to Earth

c)

Earth is the center of the solar system

d)

The sun is the center of the solar system

14.

True or False

An explanation backed by results obtained from repeated tests or experiments is a scientific law.

(a)  

15.

What is science?

(a)