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Scientific Inquiry
Scientific Inquiry
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middle school pre-test for beginning of the year science class
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1
There are five Jackson Indian Football players in this photo is an example of a(n)
Quantitative Observation
Qualitative Observation
Inferring
Predicting
2
Some examples of the Physical properties of matter are...
your friend
your opinion of an item
size, shape, texture and color
the number of items
3
One useful tool that may help a scientist
interpret data
by revealing unexpected patterns is a
theory
bar graph, pie chart, or line graph
book
picture
4
You see a fire. You think, "The fire department will be called." This is an example of a(n)
Qualitative Observation
Prediction
Hypothesis
Quantitative Observation
5
Which tools are used with measurement?
paint brush, toothbrush
stove, oven
dinner plate, tea cup
ruler, graduated cylinder
6
During an experiment, if you
purposely
change the temperature to test a hypothesis, this is the
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
7
Which words can be used when describing something you see?
sweet, tart
rough, smooth
blue, small
hot, cold
8
A possible explanation for a set of observations
to answer a scientific question
is called a(n)
prediction
law
hypothesis
theory
9
Which words could you use to describe a smell?
hot, cold
smooth, rough
inch, centimeter
tart, sweet
10
The definition of malleability is ...
liquid
hard
breakable
ability to be shaped or changed, bendable
11
What two subjects did Galileo study?
Cooking and Art
mathematics and astronomy
mathematics and music
astronomy and painting
12
Receiving knowledge about the outside world through using our senses is called
predicting
classifying
inferring
observing
13
In Science, a hypothesis must be
testable
manipulated
correct
controlled
14
When scientists create a representation of a complex process, they are
classifying
inferring
predicting
making models
15
Galileo has been called ...
a fraud
the father of Copernicus
the father of modern science
a good friend
16
Making a forecast
of what will happen in the future
observing
inferring
classifying
predicting
17
What country was Galileo from?
Italy
Russia
Germany
USA
18
When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike is called
inferring
classifying
predicting
making models
19
There is a big and extremely long anaconda snake. This is an example of a(n)
Qualitative Observation
Inferring
Predicting
Quantitative Observation
20
Which word is
not
used to describe the sense of touch
smooth
sticky
rough
sweet
21
Coming to a conclusion about something based on what you know and what you learn is called
predicting
observing
inferring
classifying
22
An organized way to collect and record scientific observations is with a(n)
data table or graph
song
inference
model
23
Which words could be used to describe something you hear?
blue, green
big, little
silent, loud
warm, cold
24
Is there only one way to conduct a Scientific Inquiry?
Yes
No
25
A summary of what you have learned from a scientific experiment is called a(n)
hypothesis
inquiry
graph
conclusion