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WorksheetsQuiz on Scientific Inquiry and the Scientific Method
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Create a Hypothesis
Draw Conclusions
Ask a Question or Recognize a Problem
Make Observations
What type of statement is a hypothesis?
A proven fact
An educated guess
A conclusion
An observation
What must a hypothesis be in order to be useful?
General
Complex
Ambiguous
Testable
What is the purpose of a control group in an experiment?
To provide a comparison
To test the hypothesis
To collect data
To change the conditions
In a controlled experiment, what does the independent variable do?
Remains unchanged
Causes changes to the dependent variable
Is the same as the dependent variable
Is not measured
What is the role of constants in an experiment?
To change the hypothesis
To ensure reliability
To vary the results
To confuse the experimenter
What is the difference between data collection and data analysis?
Data collection involves measurements, data analysis involves conclusions
There is no difference
Data collection is subjective, data analysis is objective
Data collection is the final step, data analysis is the first step
What does a conclusion in scientific inquiry determine?
Whether the hypothesis was correct
The next hypothesis to test
The experimental design
The data collection method
What happens if a hypothesis is verified?
It is tested again and scrutinized
It is discarded
It is published without review
It becomes a law immediately
What is a scientific law?
A guess about natural phenomena
An untested theory
A principle that has not been contradicted by testing
A hypothesis that has been rejected
What do theories do in science?
Link many scientific principles together
Serve as unchangeable facts
Are always incorrect
Are based on untested hypotheses
What is an example of an independent variable?
The temperature in an experiment
The color of leaves
The amount of data collected
The control group
What is the definition of observations in scientific inquiry?
Judgments based on opinions
Facts without judgments
Hypotheses based on inferences
Conclusions drawn from data
What is the purpose of peer review in science?
To validate the hypothesis
To add principles to the scientific community
To reject all hypotheses
To ensure the experiment is fun
