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Scientific Method Unit Review
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9th Grade Scientific Method Review
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1
Which is a characteristic of being objective?
Unemotional
Biased
Influece
Prejudice
2
Does this picture show high accuracy, precision, or neither?
Neither
Precision
Both Accuracy & Precision
Accuracy
3
(Lab Safety) If you see something wrong
Fix it as fast and discrete as possible
Tell your lab partners to avoid it
Say something to the teacher
Cover it up
4
A placebo medication (in an experiment) is used to make sure...
people get sick
the medication works
it taste delicious
the medication doesnt work
5
Sally thinks that all lawyers are smart, educated, and all want money. Type of observation?
Supportive
Deduction
Informative
Inference
6
Science is a body of evidence-based knowledge gained through observation and
Studying
Experimentation
Guesses
Science!
7
What is the 3rd step in the scientific Method?
Experiment
Hypothesis
Background Research
Question
8
What is a qualitative observation example
All students are issued chromebooks
there are at least 3 people with black hair in this class
there are over 25 students in the class
The average score on quiz 4 was 70%
9
What is an example of a subjective observation?
Dogs and cats are natural enemies
Dogs are descendants of wolves
Cats typically live to age 15
Cats hunts at dusk and dawn
10
Why do experiments have controlled groups anyhow?
To have data to compare to
To have more trials
To change the manipulated variable
to make sure there is some bias
11
When handling chemicals always wear
Safety Goggles
Shoes
A smile
Pants
12
Science has no beginning or end, this is because science is a
way to understand the natural world
lot of work
paradox
process
13
The Scientific Method/Process has how many steps?
7
9
6
5
14
In order to get a passing score on the lab, you must complete all the
sun items
only the conclusion
at least one graph
star items
15
A quantitative observations have...
No value
Good Information
No Numbers
Numbers
16
Which variable is always constant, always the same throughout the experiment?
Manipulated
Dependent
Responding
Controlled
17
(Lab) How should you begin & end the conclusion section? (Hint: Look @ rubric)
Analysis
A question
A hypothesis/question
Background Research
18
What is a scientific theory?
An explanation of the why of a natural event
A description of the how of a natural event
A prediction of whats going to happen
A guess about something
19
(Lab Safety) Never taste or inhale
Food
Drinks
Chemicals
Random things
20
What can science NOT answer?
The age of the universe
Where bigfoots are hiding
How cancer gets started
Questions about the natural world
21
What are the 3 parts needed to write a hypothesis?
paper, pencil, and an idea
If, Then, Because
Manipulated, Responding, Controlled Variable
Who, What, When
22
All of these influence experiments, making them biased, EXCEPT
Gender
Race
Religion
Data
23
Science can prove anything, solve any problem or answer any question.
False
True
24
What is the 4th step in the scientific process?
Background Research
Hypothesis
Experimentation
Analysis
25
(Lab) How many weakness/errors/uncertainties should you include in your conclusion section?
0
3
2
1
26
Which variable always stays the same?
Observational
Responding
Manipulated
Controlled
27
My phone battery dies after 15 min, I looked up solutions on the internet, whats the next step?
Experimentation
Hypothesis
Problem
Background Research
28
Which data set is more precise when measuring a cat with a true length of 27cm
24.5cm, 24.8cm, 25.0cm 24.1cm
23.0cm, 27.3cm. 29.0cm, 26.9cm
