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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which part of the scientific process includes identifying problems?
Making observations
Doing experiments
Building scientific knowledge
Collecting data
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are the three main parts of the scientific process?
Observation, experimentation, and scientific knowledge
Activating knowledge, reading, and inferring
Data collection, analysis, and hypothesis formation
Predicting, inferring, and drawing conclusions
- 3. Multiple Choice
Observation often starts the scientific process. Observation is useful because it helps scientists _____.
write laws
form questions
develop opinions
summarize data
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the best description of a scientific question?
A question that is asked by a scientist
A question that can lead to valuable scientific information
A question that can be answered by a personal opinion
A question that is asked by a large group of people
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is a hypothesis?
An analysis of scientific questions
A collection of data that leads to a conclusive answer
A statement that can be verified by a scientific experiment
An experiment that can determine the correct answer to a question
- 6. Multiple Choice
In order to test a hypothesis, a scientist needs to:
perform an experiment.
develop an educated guess.
summarize previously recorded data.
have other scientists agree with the hypothesis.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between an experimental group and a control group?
The experimental group does not experience the test, while the control group does.
The experimental group experiences the test, while the control group does not.
Both groups are tested but receive different kinds of experimental tests.
There is no difference between these two groups.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which scientific method involves taking measurements?
Forming a hypothesis
Data collection
Drawing conclusions
Analyzing data
- 9. Multiple Choice
A scientist compares data from her control group and experimental group. What scientific method is she performing?
Analyzing data
Observing an experiment
Developing trends
Forming a hypothesis
- 10. Multiple Choice
Drawing a conclusion from an experiment means that a scientist:
decides whether or not to perform an experiment.
makes observations about the natural world.
collects data from an experiment.
rejects or confirms a hypothesis.
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