WorksheetsScience and Engineering Practices Unit Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 4hrs 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What CLAIM is the video making?
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2.
Describe one piece of EVIDENCE that supports your claim
4 lines
3.
What REASONING can you use to connect your evidence to the claim?
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4.
Which of the following statements is an inference about the image below?
a)
The baby is sad
b)
The baby has curly hair
c)
The person holding the baby has a yellow shirt
d)
There is one baby in the photo
5.
Is the following statement an observation or the inference? The cat was black and white and had a fluffy tail.
a)
Observation
b)
Inference
6.
Which of the following statements is a quantitative observation about the image below?
a)
The car is blue
b)
There is one person in the car
c)
The car is driving by a body of water
d)
The car has black rims & tires
7.
Based on the image below, write an observation - specify if your observation is qualitative or quantitative.
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8.
Based on the image below, make an inference
4 lines
9.
What type of graph is shown in the image below?
a)
pie graph
b)
scatter plot
c)
histogram
d)
bar graph
e)
line graph
10.
What type of graph is shown in the image below?
a)
pie graph
b)
scatter plot
c)
histogram
d)
bar graph
e)
line graph
11.
What type of graph is shown in the image below?
a)
pie graph
b)
scatter plot
c)
histogram
d)
bar graph
e)
line graph
12.
Which of the following statements represents an accurate interpretation of the graph shown below?
a)
Cats do not like turkey flavored cat food
b)
9 cats liked turkey flavored food
c)
Rabbit is the food cats liked best
d)
6 cats liked chicken
13.
Is there a correlation in the graph below? If so, what is the correlation?
a)
There is no correlation
b)
There is a negative correlation that as height increases, weight increases
c)
There is a positive correlation that as height increases, weight increases
d)
There is a positive correlation that as weight increases, height decreases
14.
What is shown on the X Axis in the graph below?
a)
Age Group
b)
US Music Consumers
c)
percentage of people who like the type of music
d)
Music Genre
15.
How long did it take to travel 7 meters?
a)
10 seconds
b)
9 seconds
c)
8 seconds
d)
7 seconds
16.
What is the variable a scientist CHANGES in an experiment?
a)
Dependent Variable
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Constant
d)
Hypothesis
17.
What is the variable that is affected by the change - this is the data you collect.
a)
Dependent Variable
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Constant
d)
Hypothesis
18.
What is the variable(s) that stay the SAME in an experiment?
a)
Dependent Variable
b)
Independent Variable
c)
Constant
d)
Hypothesis
19.
In a controlled experiment, how many independent variables can be tested at a time?
a)
one
b)
two or more
c)
however many you want
d)
none
20.
Identify the DEPENDENT variable in this testable question - "How are test scores affected by the amount of sleep you get?"
a)
Amount of Sleep
b)
Test Scores
21.
Identify the INDEPENDENT variable in this testable question - "How are test scores affected by the amount of sleep you get?"
a)
Amount of Sleep
b)
Test Scores
22.
Joaquín makes five paper helicopters with different wing lengths. He drops them the same way from a height of two meters for five trials each. He records the amount of time it takes for each helicopter to fall to the ground.What is the independent variable?
a)
The number of helicopters
b)
The drop height
c)
How much time it takes for them to fall
d)
The Wing length
23.
The graph for an experiment is shown below. What is the INDEPENDENT variable in the experiment
a)
How much sleep the students got
b)
Hours spent studying
c)
The effectiveness of studying on test scores
d)
Test Scores
24.
The graph for an experiment is shown below. What is the DEPENDENT variable in the experiment
a)
How much sleep the students got
b)
Hours spent studying
c)
The effectiveness of studying on test scores
d)
Test Scores
25.
A student wants to test the effects of different types of exercise on heart rate. What is the dependent variable?
a)
heart rate
b)
type of exercise
c)
amount of exercise
d)
time of day exercise occurs
26.
Steve wanted to see if the type of fertilizer made sunflowers grow larger. What is the dependent variable
a)
Type of fertilizer
b)
Size of sunflower
c)
Type of sunflower
27.
A claim is ______________________________.
a)
a kind of shellfish often used in chowder.
b)
a fact.
c)
a statement or conclusion that answers the original question or problem
d)
a bad thing to make about something.
28.
Evidence is ___________________
a)
A statement or conclusion that answers a question
b)
Scientific data that supports the claim
c)
A justification that connects the claim to the evidence
d)
Not vital when using an argument
29.
"The Rhino Has a horn"
Is this a claim, evidence or reasoning?
a)
Claim
b)
Evidence
c)
Reasoning
30.
Reasoning is __________________.
a)
A statement of conclusion that answers the original question/problem
b)
Scientific data that supports the claim
c)
A justification that connects the evidence to the claim
d)
Empirical Evidence
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