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What is the important rule about part #2?
Half turns only
Carry the microscope here
Don't use it
2
What are the names of the three objectives attached to part #3
Ocular, body, and arm
Scanning, low power, and high power
Diaphragm, stage, and nosepiece
Light, base, and stage clips
3
Procedure scientists use to explain the universe
Scientific Method
Experimental variable
Make a Slide
Theory
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Which of the following is an OBSERVATION about the picture?
The elephants usually live in big family groups
Elephants use their tusks for protection
The elephants are looking for water
There are many elephants
5
Scientific hypotheses are most often tested by the process of
analyzing data
inferring
communicating
experimenting
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A microscope has an objective lens of 40x and an ocular lens of 10x has a magnification of
30x
400x
4000x
50x
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A scientist noticed that in acidic pond water some salamanders developed with curved spines.
That is a control
That is a theory
That is a hypothesis
That is an observation
8
Group in an experiment that receives the treatment
Control
Independent
Experimental
Variable
9
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?
Movement
Use Energy
Made of Cells
Reproduction
10
Which part should you use to
find AND focus
the image?
Coarse Adjustment
Nosepiece
Fine Adjustment
Base
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What is the name and function of part #1
Ocular - look through
Course Adjustment - for focusing
Coarse Adjustment - look through
Ocular - for focusing
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Which of the following is an INFERENCE about the picture?
There is grass in the background
There is one camel
The camel has a hump on its back
Camels store water in their humps
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What is the Dependent variable?:
Brushing teeth will cause people to have less cavities.
Number of cavities
Brushing teeth
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Which variable in an experiment is expected to have an effect on something else?
Dependent
Independent
Control
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What is the name of part #8?
Arm
Light
Base
Nosepiece
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Which of the following is an INFERENCE about the picture?
There are many elephants
The elephant has tusks
There is a little elephant in the background
The elephants usually live in big family groups
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Which is the variable being observed or measured in an experiment?
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Control
18
Which variable in an experiment is the result or outcome being measured?
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Control
19
Group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment
Control
Variable
Independent
Experimental
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What is the Independent variable?:
Brushing teeth will cause people to have less cavities.
Brushing teeth
Number of cavities
21
A testable statement that makes a prediction is referred to as?
Inference
Theory
Observation
Hypothesis
22
For which of the following would you use #8 and #5?
Look through
Carry the microscope
Magnify the image
Control the amount of light
23
What is the purpose of the stage?
Controls the amount of light
Where the slide sits
Where you look through
Magnifies the image
24
What is the rule about the fine adjustment?
Don't use it!
Eat it!
Half turns only!
Crank it!
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A unifying explanation for a broad range of observations is a
hypothesis
theory
prediction
controlled experiment
