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Part 2: Sci Method Practice Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.

Anything that can change in an experiment.

a)

variables

b)

constant

c)

independent

d)

dependent

4.

Which of these contains the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

a)

Ask a question, do background research, state your hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion, share results

b)

State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

c)

Ask a question, state your hypothesis, do background research, conduct an experiment, make a conclusion, analyze data

d)

State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, make a conclusion, conduct an experiment, collect data

5.
Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________
a)
hypothesis
b)
conclusion
c)
experiment
d)
data
6.

An inference is based on:

a)

both scientific observations and known facts

b)

known facts

c)

scientific observations

d)

a rumor you started in the bathroom

7.

What is an observation?

a)

Something you measure or detect with your senses.

b)

The way you feel about something

c)

An educated guess

d)

A theory that has been disproved

8.

Which of the following is NOT a testable question?

a)

How do rockets work?

b)

Does fertilizer help plants grow bigger?

c)

Does heart rate increase with exercise?

d)

Does the freezing point of water change at different elevations?

9.

An observation that is measurable and made with tools (such as a ruler or scale) is what type

a)

quantitative

b)

qualitative

c)

koalatative

10.
This is the group that we will compare our experimental group to. This group stays "normal."
a)
Control Group
b)
Experimental Group
c)
 Normal Group
d)
Weird Group
11.

This is the group that is affected by the variable or the group that is changed.

a)

Control Group

b)

Experimental Group

c)

Changed Group

d)

Cool Group

12.

What two words should be in your hypothesis?

a)

I think

b)

If ...then...

c)

It will

d)

No idea

13.

What variable comes after the word IF

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

14.

What variable comes after the word then?

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

15.

When we write a conclusion, we state

a)

that our hypothesis was correct or incorrect.

b)

that our hypothesis was proven or disproven.

c)

that out hypothesis was a good guess or a poor guess.