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7th Grade - Unit 1 Scientific Inquiry
7th Grade - Unit 1 Scientific Inquiry
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1
Which of the following is the best question for an experiment?
Who has the most olympic medals?
Is banana bread bad for you?
What type of sweetener attracts the most ants?
What candle at Bath & Body smells the best?
2
In an experiment to see what type of pumpkin grows the biggest, what is the
dependent variable
?
Type of pumpkin
Mr. Ratz can carve a pretty cool pumpkin
Number of seeds used
Size of the pumpkin
3
In an experiment to see what skateboard deck is the strongest, what is the
dependent variable
?
Mass is placed on the same part of the deck
Amount of mass
Same wheels and grip tape
Types of Skateboard Decks
4
What is the 4th level of classification?
Order
Phylum
Class
Family
5
If a scientist experimented to find the longest lasting chewing gum, what would be the
dependent variable
?
Same person chewing
Time the gum lasts
Same temperature
Types of gum
6
Humans are in the Animal Kingdom
True
False
7
A proper scientific hypothesis should include these two words: _____......____......
I...Predict...
Research...Predict...
Mr. Ratz...Predict...
If...Then...
8
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
What stays the same in the experiment
Variable measured by the scientist
Variable changed by the scientist
When the experiment involves 1 participant
9
What is the largest level of classification?
Kingdom
Domain
Phylum
Genus
10
What is the term for a fake pill/substance used to trick participants into believing they are taking the real thing?
Haribo
Gazebo
Variable
Placebo
11
What part of the Scientific Method is the following statement: "14 pine needles fell off the tree"
Hypothesis
Data
Research
Independent Variable
12
What is the smallest level of classification?
Order
Genus
Species
Family
13
Fill in the blank: (1)Problem, (2)_________, (3)_________, (4)Experiment, (5) Analyze Data, (6) Conclusion
(2) Research (3) Setup
(2) Research (3) Hypothesis
(2) Experiment (3) Research
(2) Hypothesis (3) Research
14
What part of the SM is the following statement: "Nutritionists say that soda contains on average 39 grams of sugar"
Problem/Question
Dependent Variable
Research
Hypothesis
15
What variable is the following: "All the participants in the experiment used only their left hands"
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Controlled Variables
Placebo
16
Which of the following is a
quantitative
observation?
The school of fish traveled across the entire Atlantic Ocean
The locker had 14 smelly gym shirts inside
The aquarium had several water plants inside
The sticker smelled like cupcakes
17
What is the branch of science that deals with sorting, classifying, and naming organisms?
Physics
Physical Science
Chemistry
Taxonomy
18
What two levels make up an organism's scientific name?
Domain, Kingdom
Genus, Species
Order, Species
Kingdom, Species
19
Which of the following is
not
one of the 3 domains?
Eukarya
Archaea
Bacteria
Prokarya
20
What is the dependent variable?
When your parent claims you on taxes
What stays the same
Variable measured
Variable changed in each trial
21
Which of the following is a
prediction
?
The animal tracks were 2 feet wide
I'm starting to get hungry
The floor is wet, so some one spilled their coffee
The kids were yelling, so some one was going to get in trouble
22
Which of the following is
not
one of the 4 kingdoms?
Protist
Plant
Animal
Insects
23
What part of the Scientific Method is the following statement: "If the boys drink gatorade, they will run faster"
Conclusion
Research
Hypothesis
Problem/question
24
What variable is found on the
x-axis
when graphing data?
Dependent Variable
Controlled Variables
Independent Variable
25
If a scientist experimented to find the longest lasting chewing gum, what would be the
independent variable
?
Types of chewing gum
Same amount of chews
Same flavor of gum
Time that the gum lasted
26
What part of the Scientific Method is the following statement: "Groups with apples, bananas, or pears"
Analyzing Data
Independent variable
Research
Problem/Question
27
Which of the following is an
inference
?
The guy was bald, so he must have shaved his head
The dark clouds were moving East
The school is closed, so Mr. Ratz will be happy
The muffin was cut into two peices
28
In an experiment to see what type of pumpkin grows the biggest, what is the
controlled variable
?
Type of pumpkin
Different amounts of water
Same amount of sunlight
Size of the pumpkins
29
Which statement below is a good qualitative observation?
Can penguins jump?
18 frogs were sitting on the river's banks
The pretzel was hard and felt gritty
The lunch bag was stinky
30
Red roses are in the Fungi Kingdom
True
False
31
What variable is found on the
y-axis
when graphing data?
Independent variable
Controlled Variables
Dependent Variable
32
What is a blind experiment?
Participants are all visually impaired
Participants are all blind-folded
Participants don't know part of the experiment
The experiment is conducted in the dark
33
Elephants are in the Archaea domain
True
False
34
What scientist proposed the 2-part naming system for all living organisms?
Carolus Linnaeus
Robert Hooke
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
35
In an experiment to see what type of pumpkin grows the biggest, what is the
independent variable
?
Number of seeds
Type of pumpkin
Same growing conditions
Size of pumpkin
36
In an experiment to see what skateboard deck is the strongest, what is the
controlled variable
?
Type of skateboard deck
Same grip tape and weather
Mass the deck can hold
