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Scientific Method Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Let's play a game of detective! Can you tell me what we do when we ask questions like What?, When?, How?, Why?

a)

We are making Observations?

b)

We are drawing Conclusions?

c)

We are forming a Hypothesis?

d)

We are conducting an Experiment?

2.

Imagine you're a scientist. How would you test your exciting new hypothesis?

a)

Would you use Data?

b)

Would you look at the Result?

c)

Would you conduct an Experiment?

d)

Would you draw a Conclusion?

3.

Imagine you're a detective and you've just finished your investigation. What would tell you if your initial hunch was right or wrong?

a)

Would you ask more questions?

b)

Would you check the results of your experiment?

c)

Would you look at the data you've collected?

d)

Would you make observations?

4.

Imagine you're a detective on a mission! What would you call the process where you gather clues through careful observation and conducting experiments?

a)

Forming a hypothesis

b)

Conducting an experiment

c)

Gathering data

d)

Analyzing the evidence

5.

Imagine you're a scientist about to embark on a thrilling new research project. What's the initial explanation that would guide your journey?

a)

data

b)

hypothesis

c)

results

d)

observations

6.

Imagine you're a scientist about to embark on a new experiment. What's the very first thing you'd do as part of the scientific method?

a)

Jump straight to the conclusion

b)

Start with making an observation

c)

Begin the experiment without any prior steps

d)

Look at the result before starting

7.

Imagine you're a scientist and you've just completed an experiment. What exciting step would you take next in the scientific method?

a)

start observing again?

b)

you draw a conclusion?

c)

maybe form a new hypothesis?

d)

start gathering data?

8.

Imagine you're a detective, and you're gathering information through your senses. What would you call this process?

a)

Are you drawing a conclusion?

b)

Are you forming a hypothesis?

c)

Are you conducting an experiment?

d)

Are you making observations?

9.

Imagine you're a scientist! How would you say the scientific method has impacted the world?

a)

It's just a bunch of misleading information

b)

It's led to many wonderful cures and discoveries

c)

It's caused a lot of wrong answers and wrong turns

d)

It's resulted in errors in the data

10.

If after our Skittles experiment I changed from Skittles to nerds and redid the experiment - I would be changing the ___________?

a)

figures

b)

hosts

c)

records

d)

variable