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WorksheetsDay 01.5: 1.1 What Is Science?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The first classification of life was presented by Aristotle, who indicated that all life is either a Plant or an Animal. Now in science, we have seven levels of classification. What aspect of science allows for this change?
Science is unchangable.
Science is always changing as new technology and information is presented.
Original science was bad science.
Science cannot be disproven.
Science is rooted in:
technology
physical science
curiosity
knowledge
What is the best definition of science?
Facts and laws about how everything works.
A system of knowledge and methods used to find knowledge.
The use of knowledge to solve practical problems.
Qualitative observations deal with data that can be observed with our senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing.
True
False
Quantitative observation is a collection of data that is primarily focused on numbers and values
True
False
Science is a process of discovery that is evolving and always growing.
True
False.
Science begins with curiosity and often ends with:
discovery
science
geology
physics
a theory
an experiment
an observation
a hypothesis
What is the process of obtaining information by using the senses called?
analysis
What is the dependent variable of this research question:
Does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball affect how well they will do on their math test.?
How far they kick the soccer ball.
Who the person is.
How well they do on the math test.
The type of soccer ball.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three of the same kind of plant, two different kinds of fertilizer, and an equal amount of light and water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
dependent
independent
control
compound
dependent
independent
control
following
A teacher sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?
The distance traveled by the ball.
The height of the ramp.
The mass of the ball.
What is a possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested?
It is 5 cm long.
It is smooth.
It looks red.
It is dry.
Scientists need to base their experiments on both facts and opinions.
True
False
