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What is Science?
What is Science?
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A review for Scientific Method/Inquiry.
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I measure the distance a golf ball travels from different clubs. This is what type of data?
Quantaitive
Graphing
Qualitative
Linear Scaling
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Information gathered from watching bacteria grow over a week might be a/an?
Observation
Hypothesis
Inference
Conclusion
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If your hypothesis wasn't proven success then it was a failure
N.A
N.A.
True
False
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A theory is?
Unchangeable
Made to be revised as new evidence is presented
Absolutely certain
A controlled experiment
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What is a goal of science?
To collect data for your own personal interests.
To investigate the natural world.
To collect data to disprove ideas.
To explain events in the natural world.
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I adjust the temperature of an egg to see if it splatters more when dropped. Experimental Group
The splatter of the egg
Room temperature of the egg
The egg
Adjust the temperature of the egg
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When I add baking soda to a liquid and the solution bubbles, I think that the liquid is vinegar
Inference
Hypothesis
Observation
Conclusion
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Convert 265 grams to kilograms
2.65 kg
0.000265 kg
.265 kg
2650 kg
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I want to test if sleep affects anger. What would the responding variable (dependent) be?
People who sleep as long as they want
People sleeping 8 hours
The amount of angry people
The number of hours people were allowed to sleep
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If I increase the stretch of a rubber band, it will shoot further. What is a control in this?
The type of rubber band
The place which the rubber band is shot
The distant the rubber band travels
Adjusting the rubber band stretch
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A law in science is?
Contradicted occasionally
explination about how the natural world behaves
is made to be broken
The same as a theory
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Which choice would be a good scientific question?
How do dogs bark?
Do plants grow fast or slow?
How does the color of light affect plants?
Does the color of light affect the rate of photosynthesis?
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Convert 2.4 centimeters to millimeters
.24
.024
24
240
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I adjust the temperature of an egg to see if it splatters more when dropped. Control group?
The size of the splatter of the egg
Room temperature of the egg
The egg
The change of temperature of the egg
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I want to test if sleep affects anger. What would the manipulated (independent) variable be?
The number of hours of sleep allowed
The amount of angry behavior
People who sleep as long as they want
People who sleep 8 hours
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I test how fast cats react to whistles. What would the control be?
the different types of whistles used
The type of whistle she used
How fast cats react to whistles
The type of cat she used
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A scientific fact is?
A guess that has been tested over again and found to be true
A collection of data with well-tested guesses
A close agreement by competent observers
An educated guess that has yet to be proven by experiment
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When would you use a bar graph?
When you are looking at a distribution of data
When you are comparing groups
Percentages of the whole
Never
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Which is NOT a goal of science?
To use data to support a particular point of view
To use derived explanations to make useful predictions
To explain events in the natural world
To investigate and understand the natural world
20
Identify the I.V. Ty tests how tall plants grow by applying different amount of nitrogen.
Water
Ty
Plant growth
Nitrogen
21
how many liters is the graduated cylinder?
67 L
0.067 L
6.7 L
.67 L
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When would you use a pie chart?
When showing percentages of the whole
When comparing the distribution of data
When comparing variables
When comparing groups
23
What is the temperature in New Your City on day 4?
57 degrees
58 degrees
59 degrees
52 degrees
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When comparing months to deer population. Which is the independent variable?
Deer population
months and deer population
neither
Months
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After you identify your problem and create a scientific question, what should you do next?
Create a Hypothesis
Identify variables
Do background research
Collect Data
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Determining what smell comes from burning different types of wood is an example of what?
The scientific method
Quantitive Data
Bad scientific practice
Qualitative Data
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What is the independent variable?
New York City
Temperatures in New Your City
Days
Degrees in Farenheight
