WorksheetsSci and Tech Chapter 1 Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which skill involves the creation of simplified representations to understand complex systems?
a)
analyzing
b)
inferring
c)
modeling
d)
synthesizing
2.
What type of question requires experimentation to find an answer?
a)
Testable Question
b)
Objective Reasoning
c)
Subjective Question
d)
Science Question
3.
Variables
a)
variable purposely manipulated/changed to test a hypothesis
b)
factors that change in an experiment
c)
a possible explanation/answer to a scientific question
d)
an experiment in which only one variable at a time is manipulated/changed
4.
Factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable
a)
Responding Variable
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Variable
d)
Control
5.
A person who does _________________ learns about and explores the natural world.
a)
Science
b)
Predicting
c)
Classifying
d)
Inference
e)
Qualitative
6.
When you state what you think will happen in the future, you are ________________.
a)
Predicting
b)
Classifying
c)
Inference
d)
Science
e)
Qualitative
7.
Can you classifying items/things in different ways than others?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
Two groups of students were tested to compare their speed working on math problems. Each group was given the same problems. One group used calculators and the other group did not. What is the control/constant?
a)
Group of students with calculator
b)
Group of students without calculators
c)
The same math problems for each group
d)
The time it took students to answer the problems
9.
Two groups of students were tested to compare their speed working on math problems. Each group was given the same problems. One group used calculators and the other group did not. What is the dependent/responding variable?
a)
Group of students with calculator
b)
Group of students without calculators
c)
The same math problems for each group
d)
The time it took students to answer the problems
10.
Is this a testable question that can be answered by the scientific method: "How does changing the amount of water affect the growth of tomatoes?"
a)
Testable
b)
Non-Testable
11.
The higher the temperature of the air in the over, the faster the cake will bake. What is the dependent/responding variable?
a)
Temperature of air
b)
The type cake baking
c)
The speed that the cake bakes
d)
The type of oven producing heat
12.
The higher the temperature of the air in the over, the faster the cake will bake. What is the independent/manipulated variable?
a)
Temperature of air
b)
The type cake baking
c)
The speed that the cake bakes
d)
The type of oven producing heat
13.
True/False: A hypothesis is a fact based on evidence and data.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
True/False: Once a problem has been observed and a hypothesis suggested, the next step in the scientific method is to design an experiment that will either prove or disprove the hypothesis
a)
True
b)
False
15.
When making observations of a birthday candle that has not been lit, which statement is probably false?
a)
The candle feels smooth
b)
The candle begins to melt
c)
A piece of wax falls off
d)
It smells waxy
16.
Before doing an experiment in the future to determine what objects will sink or float, one student said "I think the sponge will float"
a)
Prediction
b)
Observation
c)
Inference
d)
Conclusion
17.
Ms. Lavella must like walking because she's always wearing sneakers.
a)
Obersation
b)
Inference
c)
Prediction
18.
If you brush and floss your teeth daily, then you will have fewer cavities. Marie brushes and flosses her teeth daily. Marie will have fewer cavities.
a)
Deductive
b)
Inductive
19.
There are 5 dogs on a walk.
a)
Qualitative Observation
b)
Quantitative Observation
c)
Quantitative Reasoning
d)
Qualitative Reasoning
20.
Scientific Law
a)
a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
b)
a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results
c)
a possible explanation/answer to a scientific question
d)
an experiment in which only one variable at a time is manipulated/changed
21.
Scientific Theory
a)
a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
b)
a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results
c)
a possible explanation/answer to a scientific question
d)
an experiment in which only one variable at a time is manipulated/changed
22.
Personal ethics comes from a person's likes and dislikes.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Caitlyn gives Pete measurement answers in metric units when Pete visits Europe for school. Pete thinks this is wrong because the only units he knows about is the US Customary Measurement System. What is this an example of?
a)
Personal Bias
b)
Cultural Bias
c)
Experimental Bias
24.
Critical thinking, critique, and logical thinking happens during which stage of the Scientific Method?
a)
Conclusion
b)
Experiment
c)
Observation
d)
Hypothesis
25.
The Scientific Method is a _______________
a)
Cycle
b)
Plan
c)
Routine
d)
Type of evidence
26.
Tommy and Timmy came back from the beach with sunburns. It must have been a sunny day at the beach.
a)
Deductive
b)
Inductive
27.
Five of the twenty students surveyed like the new dance policy. Those five were from the senior class. The senior class likes the new policy.
a)
Deductive
b)
Inductive
28.
What is the manipulated variable: How does temperature (cold, warm, hot) of water affect the length a gummy worm can stretch?
a)
Temperature of water
b)
The length of a gummy worm
c)
Amount of water in each cup
d)
Amount of time the gummy is in water
29.
What is the control/constant: How does temperature (cold, warm, hot) of water affect the length a gummy worm can stretch?
a)
Temperature of water
b)
The length of a gummy worm
c)
Amount of water in each cup
d)
Amount of time the gummy is in water
30.
The manipulated variable is called
a)
The responding variable
b)
The constant variable
c)
The indpependent variable
d)
The dependent variable
31.
A proper hypothesis is written as
a)
How does...affect...?
b)
I think that...
c)
If... then... because...
d)
I wonder.... because....
32.
Which of these would be the best scientific question that you could design an experiment to answer?
a)
How do computers work?
b)
Why is the sky blue?
c)
How does temperature affect the number of time a cricket chirps?
d)
How do dolphins breathe underwater?
33.
What is the 2nd step of the scientific method?
a)
Observation
b)
Question
c)
Experiment
d)
Hypothesis
34.
What step of the scientific method immediately follows hypothesis?
a)
Experiment
b)
Observation
c)
Procedure
d)
Question
35.
How many times does a procedure need to be repeated?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
As many times as necessary
36.
What should a procedure include?
a)
A brief summary of the procedure
b)
A list of unrelated tasks
c)
Only the final outcome of the procedure
d)
A clear title, purpose, scope, materials, step-by-step instructions, safety precautions, and diagrams.
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