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Scientific Processes

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Engineering design is best described as . . .

a)

a process used to determine the best solution to a problem

b)

drawing plans for projects

c)

researching solutions

2.

Failure during the design process is . . .

a)

expected and useful for learning what doesn't work

b)

means the project should be abandoned

c)

means the project manager should be fired

d)

means the design team is a bunch of idiots

3.

David and Sonali are working on a design. They are making this list.

Which step of the engineering design process are they working on?


List

Things we could do to make our assembly line work faster:

-Make the lever longer

-Put the simple machines closer together

-Attach another bucket to the cart

a)

Ask

b)

Plan

c)

Create

d)

Improve

4.

In your experiment, the thing you measure is called the...

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

control

d)

ruler

5.

In an experiment, the variable you change is called the...

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

control

d)

spam

6.

These variables keep the experiment fair by keeping things the same...

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

control

d)

the law

7.
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
8.
Research Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?
a)
Type of gasoline
b)
which car the gas is put into
c)
how fast the car can drive
d)
how much gas is put into the car
9.
Walker is testing which fertilizer will grow the tallest grass.  The height of the grown grass is the __ variable.
a)
constant (same)
b)
independent (changes)
c)
dependent (measured)
10.
Name the DEPENDENT variable from the table below.
a)
minutes
b)
bubbles
11.

Ben makes five paper helicopters with different wing lengths. He drops them the same way from a height of two meters for five trials each. He records the amount of time it takes for each helicopter to fall to the ground.

What are two controlled variables? (Select 2 answers)

a)

Dropping the same way

b)

Wing Length

c)

Amount of time it takes the helicopter to hit the floor

d)

Dropping from the same height