WorksheetsNature of Science Assessment
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
1. Aria and James are working together in science class. They want to answer some tricky questions using a special set of skills. What is this series of skills called?
Scientific Method
Scientific Inquiry
Hypothesis
Predictions
Rohan, Hannah, and Elijah are on a science adventure! They want to know: Facts that can be proven using one of the 5 senses are called a(n) ________.
Hypothesis
Prediction
Observation
Inference
3. Benjamin comes home after school and smells delicious chocolate chip cookies. Excited, he dashes upstairs, hoping to find a plate of fresh cookies, but instead, he discovers it's just a cookie-scented candle! This is an example of a(n)
Hypothesis
Prediction
Observation
Inference
4. Charlotte, Abigail, and Rohan are curious scientists! They notice something interesting and want to come up with an explanation that they can actually test through experiments. What is this testable explanation called?
Hypothesis
Prediction
Observation
Inference
5. Isla and Jackson are visiting a fortune teller who claims she can tell what will happen next in any sequence of events. What is the scientific term for making a statement about what will happen next?
Hypothesis
Prediction
Observation
Inference
6. Imagine Harper, William, and Mia are scientists trying to spot cool patterns in their experiment results. Which tool(s) would they use to help them ANALYZE and recognize those patterns?
a. graphing and tables
b. models and calculations
c. both a and b
7. Lily, Abigail, and Charlotte just finished testing their science experiment! Which step of scientific inquiry lets them summarize all the cool information they discovered from testing their hypothesis?
Hypothesize and Predict
Ask questions
Communicate results
Draw conclusions
8. Imagine Michael and Evelyn are scientists who just finished an exciting experiment! When they WRITE journal articles or SPEAK at conferences to share what they discovered, which step of scientific inquiry are they completing with their results?
Hypothesize and Predict
Ask questions
Communicate results
Draw conclusions
9. Imagine Emma and Arjun are testing a hypothesis in their science lab, but their results don't support it. What should they do first?
Blame your lab partner
Add more independent variables
Change your results to fit your hypothesis
Revise your hypothesis and retest
10. Maya and Aria conducted an experiment, but their results didn't support their hypothesis. Does this mean their experiment was a failure?
True
False
11. Imagine Grace and Samuel are having a friendly debate in class. They each compare what they already know with some brand new information, and then decide if they agree with it or not. What skill are they using?
Making a prediction
Making a hypothesis
Scientific Inquiry
Critical Thinking
12. When James and Abigail watched cartoons, they noticed that gravity always pulls things down—just like in real life! What do scientists call a RULE that describes the behavior of something in nature, like gravity?
Theory
Law
Method
Concept
13. Luna, Rohan, and Anika are curious about how scientists explain things! When an explanation is backed by results from repeated tests or experiments, what is it called in science?
Theory
Law
Method
Concept
14. Samuel and Emma are curious about scientific theories. Can you help them figure out what a scientific theory actually states?
WHY something happened
something WILL happen
15. Imagine Ethan and Evelyn are curious about science. A scientific law tells them:
WHY something happened
something WILL happen
16. Imagine Ethan is conducting a science experiment. What is the ONE thing he changes on purpose to test his hypothesis?
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control
Constant
17. Imagine Maya and Oliver are conducting a science experiment. The factor they measure or observe—the result of the change they made—is called what? It's what we keep track of during the experiment!
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control
Constant
18. Imagine Benjamin and Avery are setting up a science experiment. What do you call all the factors that they have to keep exactly the same throughout the experiment?
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Controls
Constants
