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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

a)

The type of plant

b)

The amount of sunlight

c)

The type of music

d)

The type of liquid

2.

If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood.
What's the dependent variable?

a)

increase the amount of iron in your blood

b)

spinach you eat

3.

Will a construction paper air plane fly faster than an airplane made from notebook paper? Choose the best hypothesis.

a)

If I make a paper airplane from notebook paper, then it will fly faster than construction paper.

b)

Yes.

c)

No.

d)

I think the construction paper air plane will fly faster.

4.

Stephen predicted that seeds would start to grow faster if an electric current traveled through the soil in which they were planted.

a)

recognize a problem

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

5.

Rene grew bacteria from the mouth on special plates in the laboratory. She placed drops of different mouthwashes on bacteria on each plate.

a)

recognize a problem

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

6.

Dana want to know how different are synthetic fibers from natural fibers.

a)

recognize a problem

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

7.

Jose saw bats catching insects after dark. He asked, “How do bats find insects in the dark?”

a)

recognize a problem

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

8.

Arjulia soaked six different kinds of seeds in water for 24 hours. Then she planted the seeds in soil at a depth of 1 cm. She used the same amount of water, light, and heat for each kind of seed.

a)

recognize a problem

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

9.

Kim’s experiment showed that chicken egg shells were stronger when she gave the hen feed to which extra calcium had been added.

a)

recognize a problem

b)

test the hypothesis with an experiment

c)

form a hypothesis

d)

draw conclusions

10.

What do these steps describe?
1. Ask a question
2. Form a hypothesis
3. Experiment to test hypothesis
4. Analyze data
5. Draw a conclusion

a)

Order of Operations

b)

Steps of CPR

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Essay writing

11.

Which theory does this picture depict.

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Solar

d)

Moon

12.

What is the independent variable in this graph?

a)

Tadpoles

b)

Year

c)

Frogs

d)

Number of tadpoles in the pond

13.

Why are graphs and charts important to analyze data?

a)

Graphs and charts are important to analyze data because we would never be able to know what is going on with the data.

b)

Graphs and charts are important to analyze data because teachers say they are important.

c)

Charts and graphs is something good to do because they are nice to look at.

d)

Charts and graphs allow a person to visualize data and find patterns and trends in the data.

14.

He was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in space. He discovered that planets and moons are physical bodies because of his studies of the night skies.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Galileo

15.

During the Middle Ages scholars got their ideas about the world from the Bible and what other source?

a)

personal observation

b)

the teachings of Aristotle

c)

questioning traditional ideas

d)

carefully designed experiments

16.

Greek rationalism, rediscovered by Renaissance scholars, argued what?

a)

personal observation was the only truth

b)

logic could reveal basic truths

c)

the word of the Bible was final

d)

clever debaters could argue any point

17.

How did the Scientific Method change the way Europeans viewed the world in the 1500s?

a)

it showed everything could be explained with logic and reason

b)

it identified ways people could invent new things

c)

it allowed for the discovery of the exact measurements of the earth

d)

it provided the means to create new kinds of maps

18.

Which ones were key innovations or inventions that came out of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

telescope

b)

microscope

c)

antibiotics

d)

thermometer

e)

Scientific Method

19.

Which of the following is the label for the independent variable.

a)

Money Collected

b)

Raising Money

c)

Boxes Sold

d)

None of the above

20.

a)

the independent variable is distance

b)

the independent variable is d=25 t

c)

the dependent variable is time

d)

the dependent variable is distance

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