Another term for technology is _____________.
a. applied science
b. experiment
c. control
d. inference
What is applied science
100
________ is a process of trying to understand the world.
a. science
b. technology
c. control
d.constant
What is science
100
A factor that does NOT change in an experiment is a __________.
a. constant
b. control
c. dependent variable
d. independent variable
What is constant
100
Step by step procedures of scientific problem solving are _______.
a. scientific method
b. hypothesis
c. conclusions
d. inferences
What is scientific method
100
Which of the following people are scientists?
a. archaeologists
b. geologists
c. chemists
d. all of the above
What is all of the above
200
When designing an experiment, the first step is to ___________.
a. analyze the data
b. list a procedure
c. state a hypothesis
d. state the problem
What is state the problem
200
After scientists reach a conclusion from the results of their experiments, they ___________.
a. do nothing
b. communicate their results to other people
c. form a hypothesis
d. analyze their data
What is communicate their results to other people
200
People do experiments to test the effects of _________.
a. conclusions
b. hypothesis
c. independent variable
d. dependent variable
What is independent variable
200
The process of gathering information through the senses is called ____________.
a.analyzing
b.hypothesizing
c.inferring
d.observation
What is observation
200
Computers, cameras, and radar are examples of _________.
a. constants
b. variable
c. technology
d. experiments
What is technology
300
A conclusion about an observation is _________.
a. inference
b. hypothesis
c. scientific method
d. technology
What is inference
300
A testable prediction about a possible solution is called _________.
a. a conclusion
b. an experiment
c. a hypothesis
d. a variable
What is a hypothesis
300
Recognizing a problem, making observations, forming and then testing a hypothesis, and analyzing data are all steps in _________.
a. an experiment
b. technology
c. scientific method
d. inference
What is scientific method
300
Factors that are measured in an experiment are the _________.
a. hypothesis
b. independent variables
c. dependent variables
d. constants
What is dependent variables
300
A factor in an experiment that changes from the manipulation of the independent variable is the _________.
a. constant
b. control
c. dependent variable
d. hypothesis
What is dependent variable
400
A judgement based on what has been observed in an experiment is ________.
a. hypothesis
b. observation
c. dependent variable
d. conclusion
What is conclusion
400
An organized process used to gather observations and test a hypothesis is a ____________.
a. control
b. experiment
c. constant
d.hypothesis
What is experiment
400
The temperature of a liquid, the height of a plant, or an observation that one object is smaller that another are all examples of _________.
a. data
b. hypothesis
c. inferences
d. experiments
What is data
400
A standard for comparison that helps to ensure that the experimental result is caused by the condition being tested is the __________.
a. constant
b. control
c. dependent variable
d. independent variable
What is control
400
An explanation of an observation is a _________.
a. experiment
b. independent variable
c. inference
d. dependent variable
What is inference
500
In an experiment testing the amount of sunlight that is best for growing plants, the height of the plant is the _________.
a. independent variable
b. hypothesis
c. conclusion
d. dependent variable
What is dependent variable
500
Examples of artifacts studied by archaeologists are _______.
a. science and technology
b. pottery an tools
c. constants and controls
d. hypothesis and inferences
What is pottery and tools
500
A factor that is manipulated in an experiment to change the dependent variable is the ___________.
a. constant
b.control
c. hypothesis
d.independent variable
What is independent variable
500
The study of cultural remains of ancient people is ______.
a. technology
b. hypothesis
c. control
d. archaeology
What is archaeology
500
In an experiment testing the amount of sunlight that is best for growing plants, a plant that receives no sunlight at all may serve as __________.
a. control
b.constant
c. independent variable
d.dependent variable