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Introduction to Scientific Research

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Knowledge based on our experiences, acquires through our senses and our interpretation of those experiences is called:

a)

empirical knowledge

b)

scientific knowledge

2.

Knowledge based on the collection and verification of data using the Scientific Method in order to explain how and why things happen is known as:

a)

empirical knowledge

b)

scientific knowledge

3.

Shalimar is watching dark, gray clouds rolling in. Lots of birds are flying away. Show knows a storm is approaching. What kind of knowledge is that?

a)

scientific knowledge

b)

empirical knowledge

4.

Scientific knowledge is:

a)

objective

b)

verifiable

c)

systematic

d)

based on experience

5.

Astronomy is a pseudoscience where astronomists claim your date of birth along with the position of the stars can predict your life

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Natural science can be classified into physical science and life science.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Physical Sciences include:

a)

Astronomy

b)

Biology

c)

Physics

d)

Chemistry

8.

Who is the father of the Scientific Method?

a)

Nicolas Copernicus

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Thales of Miletus

9.

After stating a problem and reviewing literature, the next step in the Scientific Method is:

a)

Publication

b)

Data collection

c)

Experimentation

d)

Formulating a hypothesis

10.

What is the result of research?

a)

Nobel prizes

b)

Scientific knowledge

c)

Pseudoscience

11.

What are three incredibly important termis in scientific research?

a)

validity

b)

reliability

c)

objectivity

d)

methodology

12.

The ability to not be influences by personal views is called:

a)

validity

b)

reliability

c)

objectivity

13.

Leonardo is making an experiment, but he forgot to calibrate the instruments he used. What does this mean?

a)

His results will not be reliable or valid.

b)

His experiment is not objective.

c)

He'll have to adjust the results.

d)

It doesn't make a difference.

14.

Melvin got some unfavorable results from his experiment and decided to light them up in fire, keeping only the favorable ones. What has he committed?

a)

Scientific fraud.

b)

An objective investigation.

c)

Nothing.

15.

Who leads the fight against scientific fraud?

a)

CIA

b)

Superman

c)

NSF

d)

Leonardo

16.

When doing an experiment, the factor that changes, is manipulated, or is altered is called:

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

c)

control variable

17.

The factor that does not change and remains constant in an experiment is the:

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

c)

control variable