WorksheetsScientific Inquiry Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 20mins
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?
Dependent variable (measured)
Independent variable (changes)
Controlled variable
Compound variable
Research Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car affect how fast the car can drive? What is the independent variable?
How fast the car can drive
Type of gasoline
Which car to put the gas into
How much gas to put into the car
What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?
The paper used
The distance of the paper airplane
The type of paper airplane
How hard is the paper airplane thrown
Mrs. Padgett thinks the mass of a ball affects the distance it will roll off a ramp. What is the DEPENDENT variable?
Distance traveled by the ball
Height of the ramp
Mass of the ball
Where the experiment took place.
The _______________ variable is the manipulated or changed by the experimenter
dependent
independent
controll
The measurable variable of an experiment is known as the _________________
dependent
independent
controlled
Walker is testing which fertilizer will grow the tallest grass. The height of the grown grass is the _____________________ variable.
dependent (measured)
independent (changes)
controlled (same)
Khaleel is testing how the use of stress balls during testing affects a student's test score. The students' average test scores is the _________ variable.
dependent (measurable)
independent (changed)
controlled (same)
The mass of the balls used in an experiment are 21 kilograms, 24 kilograms, and 18 kilograms. These are all…….
Qualitative data
Quantitative data
Constant Data
Rigged Data
The rock has a shiny luster, is very dense, and seems to have flake off or crack very easily. These are all………
Qualitative data
Quantitative data
Constant Data
Rigged Data
Meena make made observations about a sample she is studying. Read them below and choose the correct answer The substance is powdery and gray The substance has a mass of 12.3 grams The substance appears to react to light The substance contains three elements The substance cannot mix with water
There are 4 qualitative observation(s) and 1 quantitative observation(s)
There are 1 qualitative observation(s) and 4 quantitative observation(s)
There are 3 qualitative observation(s) and 2 quantitative observation(s)
There are 2 qualitative observation(s) and 3 quantitative observation(s)
The first step of scientific inquiry is to……
Ask a question
Form a hypothesis
Perform and Experiment
Research and gather background information
Ray wonders,” why can't I see many stars in the sky at night?” He researched and read an article that said big cities like Philadelphia where he lives experience a lot of light pollution that causes less visibility in the sky at night. Following the steps of scientific inquiry, what should he do next?
Ask a question
Form a hypothesis
Perform and Experiment
Research and gather background information
Before you can make a conclusion during scientific inquiry and directly after you perform an experiment, you must……..
Collect and analyze data
Form a hypothesis
Share your results
Research and gather background information
Look at the image. In two to three sentences, give 3 qualitative observations and 3 quantitative observations. Make sure you are very clear about which observations are quantitative and which are qualitative to receive full credit.
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