1.1: What Tools Do Scientists Use?
1.2: What Inquiry Skills Do Scientists Use?
1.3: How Do Scientists Record & Interpret Data?
1.4: What Is the Scientific Method?
CRCT Practice
100
A tool that measures the amount of matter in an object
What is a balance?
100
A procedure you carry out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis
What is an experiment?
100
A decision you make, based on information is...
What is conclusion?
100
A series of steps used to plan and carry out an experiment is...
What is the scientific method?
100
Using a thermometer or graduated cylinder, it is more scientific than estimating temperature or volume. Why?
What is more accurate?
200
A tool used to make a quantitative observation
What is a spring scale?
200
The picture on the study guide showed a group of buttons before and after a student worked with them. The student used the inquiry skill called...
What is classify?
200
The specific qualities that allow you to group items together is...
What is criteria?
200
The first step in the scientific method is ...
What is observe and ask question?
200
The term for a factor that can affect the outcome of an experiment is...
What is variable?
300
Blaine wants to measure the mass of a rock sample. He should use...
What is a balance?
300
A student does an experiment and discovers that sugar water takes longer to freeze than plain water. The student developed another testable question based on the results of this experiment.
Does sugar water freeze at a lower temperature than plain water?
300
To group or organize objects or events into categories, based on criteria that are similar is ...
What is classify?
300
The third step in the scientific method is...
What is plan an experiment?
300
This skill allows you to organize information according to specific criteria
What is classifying?
400
A tool led to the discovery of bacteria and other tiny things living in water is ...
What is a microscope?
400
Judith gives her dog two different foods at once and observes what he does.
Which is an example of an inquiry about dogs?
400
Juan is planning to study earthworms. You read his plan, and he is testing a hypothesis. Is Juan planning an experiment or a simple investigation?
What is an experiment?
400
According to the cartoon of the student coming in for a science experiment, she should...
What is skip snack and tie back hair?
400
An investigation can test ...
What is a hypothesis?
500
Even when measuring the same object, this tool would give different results on the International Space Station than on Earth.
What is a spring scale?
500
A paved road runs past one side of Jackson's house and a dirt road runs past the other side. Many people ride bicycles past his house. Jackson notices that the bicycles on the dirt road have wide tires and the paved road have narrow tires. Jackson thinks that wide tires must be easier to use on the dirt road. What process did Jackson use to figure this out?
What is infer?
500
Armin did an experiment to test whether objects dropped from a second-floor window and from a first-floor window hit the ground at the save time. His friend Michelle says Armin's results are wrong. What should they do to settle this disagreement?
What is repeat the experiment and compare the results?
500
Scientists can organize their results with ...
What are tables, charts, graphs and diagrams?
500
Classifying, measuring and recording data are all examples of ...
What is inquiry?
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