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Scientific Method

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens first?

a)

A scientist does his experiment

b)

A scientist thinks of a question or problem

c)

A scientist makes a prediction of what will happen

d)

A scientist observes

2.

What is the scientific method?

a)

A book of rules

b)

A set of steps to help scientists answer questions and perform experiments

c)

A laboratory

d)

A measuring cup

3.

Scientists collect and record data during their experiments. What is data?

a)

Drawings

b)

Words about the experiment

c)

Numbers about the experiment

d)

All of the above

4.

Before a scientist does an experiment, he makes a hypothesis about what will happen. What is a hypotheses?

a)

a question

b)

an experiment

c)

a prediction

d)

an answer

5.

What happens after you observe?

a)

You plan the experiment

b)

You look at the data and tell what you learned

c)

You ask a question or determine a problem

d)

You make a prediction

6.

What happens last?

a)

A scientist asks a question

b)

A scientist makes a hyothesis

c)

A scientist draws a conclusion and shares what he learned

d)

A scientist plans and does his experiment

7.

What could scientists do to make sure their results were correct?

a)

Repeat the experiment to see if they get the same results

b)

Make new predictions

c)

Ask different questions

d)

Change the data

8.

Which word means keep everything the same?

a)

hypothesis

b)

observe

c)

constant

d)

variable

9.

Which word means a prediction?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Observe

c)

Constant

d)

Variable

10.

Which word means using 4 senses to study things?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Observe

c)

Constant

d)

Variable

11.

Which word means pick one thing to change?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Observe

c)

Constant

d)

Variable

12.

Bill Nye says," A good science experiment is _____________."

a)

successful

b)

messy

c)

repeatable

d)

dangerous