Scientific Method
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- Q1
What skills is a scientist using when he/she listens to the sounds that a whale makes?
Making Observations
Writing a Hypothesis
Asking a Question
Conducting an Experiment
30s - Q2
The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called....
Quantitative Observation
Conducting Research
Qualitative Observation
The five senses
30s - Q3
If you were observing how many kids ate the grape jello over the lemon jello, you are using what type of observation?
Data Collection
Quantitative Observation
Making a Hypothesis
Qualitative Observation
30s - Q4
If you were observing different flavors of popcorn, what type of observation would you use?
Qualitative Observation
Writing a Conclusion
Data Collection
Quantitative Observation
30s - Q5
Which question would be the best high level scientific question?
How many giraffes live in Africa?
Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
How long ago did dinosaurs live on the Earth?
Who made the first microscope?
30s - Q6
What is the third step of the Scientific Method?
Collect Data
Conduct an Experiment
Ask a Question
Create a Hypothesis
30s - Q7
In science, an educated guess is called what?
Just wrong
Qualitative Observation
Theory
Hypothesis
30s - Q8
Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?
It is a prediction
It is an if/then statement
It is testable
It should restate the question
30s - Q9
Which of the following hypothesis is written correctly?
Frozen tennis balls will not bounce high.
If a tennis ball is frozen, then it won’t bounce as high as one that is not frozen, because the rubber won’t give as much.
If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.
If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
30s - Q10
What is the format for writing a hypothesis?
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Flippin is the best city in the world?
Testable
Non-testable
30s - Q12
In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called the....
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In an experiment the thing that we measure is called...
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A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the independent variable is
The water pH
The amount of salt in the water
The number of plants that can live in the water
The amount of plants in the ocean
30s - Q15
A scientist hypothesizes that the temperature at which an alligator’s egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The dependent variable is
The location of incubation
The gender of the baby alligators
The species of alligators
The temperature of the eggs
30s