Free Printable Scientific Method Quiz

1.

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

a)

hypothesis

b)

question/problem

c)

procedures

d)

conclusion

2.

The educated guess you make at the beginning of the scientific method is called the....

a)

variable

b)

conclusion

c)

hypothesis

d)

procedure

3.

A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.

a)

Diameter of the ball

b)

Force acting on the ball

c)

Height that the ball bounces

d)

Height from which the ball is dropped

4.

A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.

a)

Diameter of the ball

b)

Force acting on the ball

c)

Height that the ball bounces

d)

Height from which the ball is dropped

5.

If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller.
What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

a)

Procedure

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Question

d)

Results

6.

__________: Determine the results and if it matches the hypothesis.

a)

Conclusion

b)

Ending

c)

Research

d)

Results

7.

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

a)

scientific method

b)

recipe

c)

data collection

d)

metric system

8.

A list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment.

a)

obervations

b)

question/problem

c)

materials

d)

procedures

9.

Cindy wanted to find out how the amount of sunlight affects the growth of plants. She placed two tomato plants in 10 inch pots with potting soil and watered them ¼ cup each day. One plant was placed under a cardboard box and one was placed in the sunlight. She measured the growth of the plant each week for three weeks.

What is the independent variable?

a)

Using the same type of plant

b)

Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot

c)

The growth of the plant

d)

One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

10.

Cindy wanted to find out how the amount of sunlight affects the growth of plants. She placed two tomato plants in 10 inch pots with potting soil and watered them ¼ cup each day. One plant was placed under a cardboard box and one was placed in the sunlight. She measured the growth of the plant each week for three weeks.

What is the dependent variable?

a)

Using the same type of plant

b)

Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot

c)

The growth of the plant

d)

One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

11.

A valid experiment has ...

a)

good procedures

b)

repetition

c)

making observations

d)

all of these answers

12.

An experiment was designed to test if a specific vitamin would make a horse grow taller.

What would be the hypothesis for the experiment?

a)

Does a specific vitamin make a horse grow taller?

b)

The vitamin.

c)

If I give a horse a specific vitiamin, then it will grow taller.

d)

The height of the horse.

13.

A student wrote in his laboratory note book. I placed a marble in a graduated cylinder of water and it sank to the bottom of the graduated cylinder.

What the student wrote in his notebeek is an example of a(n)

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Inference

c)

Observation

d)

Prediction

14.

The question must be _______________ in order to use the scientific method to answer.

a)

researchable

b)

hard

c)

testable

d)

already answered

15.

Even if your hypothesis was wrong, at the end, you are able to make ________.

a)

a correct answer

b)

a conclusion

c)

new discoveries

d)

a book

16.

Collect _________ through experiments and observations.

a)

money

b)

research

c)

rewards

d)

data

17.

A hypothesis allows you to then make a __________ about what will happen.

a)

guess

b)

conclusion

c)

prediction

d)

question

18.

Bob read about growing plants in water. He wanted to know how plants could grow without soil.

a)

coming up with a question

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

19.

Information you obtain through your senses, such as touch, sound and sight.

a)

observation

b)

hypothesis

c)

question

d)

conclusion

Scientific Method Quiz

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