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6th Grade Test 1 Scientific Method Review 2017-8
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Review game for Test 1 Scientific Method in 6th Grade Science
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What is the name for the substance of all objects studied in chemistry?
Chemistry
Organisms
Matter
Cells
2
What word describes the study of living things?
Physics
Biology
Earth Science
Chemistry
3
What is the variable that shows the
effect
of the change in another variable?
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Hypothesis
Data
4
How many variables are involved in a typical experiment?
One = the dependent variable
Two = the the constant and the data
One = the independent variable
Two = the independent variable and the dependent variable
5
What word describes a prediction about the outcome of an experiment?
Variable
Cause and Effect
Hypothesis
Constant
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Independent Variable? If the temperature outside increases then pool attendance will increase.
Temperature outside
Water depth
Pool attendance
Number of lifeguards
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Dependent Variable? If the temperature outside increases then pool attendance will increase.
Temperature outside
Time pool opens
Cost to go to pool
Pool attendance
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What word describes the concept that an action or event will result in another action or event?
Cause and Effect
Hypothesis
Variable
Experiment
9
What is the name for the information collected during an experiment?
Hypothesis
Data
Constant
Variable
10
What word describes the science of designing and building machines?
Mechanical Engineering
Earth Science
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
11
How is a good hypothesis written?
In "If...because...unless..." form.
In "If...then...except..." form.
In "If...except...unless..." form.
In "If...then...because..." form.
12
What is the name for part of an experiment that change during the experiment?
Constants
Cause and Effect
Variables
Hypothesis
13
What is the process of asking questions, developing explanations & testing using experiments?
Scientific Method
Data
Design Process
Variables
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What word describes the study of matter?
Biology
Earth Science
Chemistry
Physics
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Constants? If the temperature outside increases then pool attendance will increase.
Cost to go to pool
Time pool opens
Pool attendance
Temperature outside
16
What word describes an organized procedure to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions?
Experiment
Variable
Hypothesis
Cause and Effect
17
Constants? If airplane weight increases then fuel use by plane will decrease.
Distance flown
Amount of fuel used
Number of passengers
Airplane weight
18
What word describes the science of designing devices involving electricity?
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Earth Science
Electrical Engineering
19
What word describes to become greater in size or amount?
Increase
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Decrease
20
What word describes to become smaller in size or amount?
Independent Variable
Increase
Decrease
Dependent Variable
21
Dependent variable? If coffee drinking increases then sleep at night will decrease.
Amount of sugar in coffee
Amount of coffee drank
Amount of sleep at night
Size of coffee cup
22
What word describes the study of the Earth and the process that occur on Earth?
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Earth Science
23
What is the variable that
causes
a change in another variable?
Independent Variable
Constant
Dependent Variable
Data
24
What is science?
It only involves the opinions and feelings of scientists.
It is an active process involving experiments.
It centers around illogical thinking.
It is just information to memorize.
25
What is the continuous process of planning, building,, testing & retesting used in engineering?
Scientific Method
Design Process
Experiment
Variables
26
What word describes the branch of science concerned with the design of
machines & structures?
Cause and Effect
Physics
Experiment
Engineering
27
Constants? If students increase water consumption then bathroom trips increase.
Number of students
Temperature of water
Trips to the bathroom
Water consumption
28
Constants? If coffee drinking increases then sleep at night will decrease.
Size of coffee cup
Amount of sleep at night
Amount of sugar in coffee
Amount of coffee drank
29
Independent Variable? If airplane weight increases then fuel use by plane will decrease.
Distance flown
Amount of fuel used
Number of passengers
Airplane weight
30
Dependent variable? If students increase water consumption then bathroom trips increase.
Trips to the bathroom
Number of students
Water consumption
Temperature of water
31
Independent variable? If coffee drinking increases then sleep at night will decrease.
Amount of sleep at night
Amount of sugar in coffee
Amount of coffee drank
Size of coffee cup
32
What word describes the science of designing and building roads, bridges & dams?
Electrical Engineering
Earth Science
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
33
What word describes the study of how and why things move?
Physics
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Science
34
What is a factor in an experiment that is kept the same throughout the experiment?
Hypothesis
Constant
Data
Variable
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Independent variable? If students increase water consumption then bathroom trips increase.
Water consumption
Number of students
Trips to the bathroom
Temperature of water
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Dependent Variable? If airplane weight increases then fuel use by plane will decrease.
Number of passengers
Airplane weight
Amount of fuel used
Distance flown
