WorksheetsScientific Method Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a series of steps followed to solve problems commonly called?
Scientific Method
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion
What is a description of an object or event using one of the five senses called?
An inference
A theory
A hypothesis
An observation
Which of the following is 100% true?
A guess
An observation
A prediction
A belief
What does it mean to explain an observation?
Making an inference
Assuming something based on factual information
Ignoring the facts completely
Creating a fictional story
An explanation made with the support of data from experiments.
It is based on complete information, everything that is known, but is NOT a fact.
A fact
An inference
A random guess
A theory
What is a suggested answer/prediction to a problem without the support of data called?
Hypothesis
Conclusion
Theory
Observation
What is an independent variable in an experiment?
The variable that is changed or controlled
The variable that is measured
The variable that remains constant
The variable that is dependent on others
What is the variable that the scientist changes in an experiment called?
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control variable
Constant variable
What is the variable called that you measure to determine the effect of the independent variable in an experiment?
Independent Variable
Control Variable
Dependent Variable
Constant Variable
What is an explanation made with the support of data from experiments called?
Hypothesis
Theory
Fact
Opinion
What is an experiment called where all conditions are kept constant except one?
Randomized Trial
Controlled Experiment
Observational Study
Survey
What is the group called that receives the treatment in an experiment?
Control group
Experimental group
Placebo group
Random group
The details in an experiment that are kept the same (constant).
DO NOT CHANGE between groups.
also called constants.
Control Group
Facts
True Factors
Control Factors
Sophie wants to see if plants grow better in sun or shade. She uses the same kind of plant, same soil, and same amount of water.
Which are the control factors? (more than one)
Sunlight
Kind of plant
Amount of water
Type of soil
The group the is kept the most natural. The group that does not receive the treatment (independent variable).
It is used for comparison.
Experimental Group
Control Factors
Control Group
Observation
