Vocabulary
3. What is a model used for in science?
a. To make things look pretty
b. To show how things are related to each other
c. To play with friends
d. To take home
b. To show how things are related to each other
What should you do first when you want to learn more about something in nature?
a. Write a story about it
b. Ask questions about what you see
c. Build a model right away
d. Tell others what you think
Ask questions about what you see
5. What can matter be?
a. Only a liquid
b. Only a gas
c. Either solid or liquid depending on temperature
d. Always the same
c. Either solid or liquid depending on temperature
7. What helps us understand how parts work together?
a. Looking at only one part
b. Ignoring the other parts
c. Looking at all parts together
d. Mixing all parts up
c. Looking at all parts together
11. How can we show that something is bigger or smaller?
a. Only by guessing
b. By using relative scales in a model
c. By asking others
d. By changing its color
b. By using relative scales in a model
8. When we make observations in science, what can we use?
a. Only our imagination
b. Only books
c. Our eyes and tools like rulers
d. Only what others tell us
c. Our eyes and tools like rulers
2. When we observe something in nature, what helps us gather information?
a. Making up stories
b. Closing our eyes
c. Using our senses to look and listen
d. Asking someone else to do it
c. Using our senses to look and listen
6. How can we describe different types of matter?
a. By their taste only
b. By their observable properties
c. By their age
d. By their names only
b. By their observable properties
12. What helps us understand how objects are made?
a. Looking at their parts
b. Painting them
c. Moving them around
d. Giving them names
a. Looking at their parts
14. How can we learn about things we can't touch?
a. Make things up
b. Ask others to touch them
c. Use media and pictures
d. Ignore them
c. Use media and pictures
16. What do scientists use models for?
a. To make things pretty
b. To show relationships between things
c. To play games
d. To decorate
b. To show relationships between things
4. If you want to compare two things in science, what should you do?
a. Collect data by measuring or observing
b. Draw pictures of them
c. Ask your friend which one they like
d. Choose your favorite
a. Collect data by measuring or observing
9. What happens to some matter when temperature changes?
a. It stays exactly the same
b. It disappears completely
c. It might change from solid to liquid
d. It turns into air
c. It might change from solid to liquid
13. When we collect data, what should we do with it?
a. Keep it secret
b. Forget about it
c. Use it to make comparisons
d. Change it
c. Use it to make comparisons
19. What helps us understand how things are connected?
a. Looking at patterns
b. Ignoring details
c. Mixing everything up
d. Working alone
a. Looking at patterns
17. Why do scientists ask questions?
a. To confuse others
b. To waste time
c. To find more information
d. To avoid work
c. To find more information
10. What do scientists do to learn about something new?
a. Make wild guesses
b. Ask questions and observe carefully
c. Skip the investigation
d. Copy others' work
b. Ask questions and observe carefully
15. What helps us describe matter?
a. Only its color
b. Only its shape
c. Its observable properties like color, shape, and texture
d. Only its size
c. Its observable properties like color, shape, and texture
18. How can we study systems?
a. By looking at the whole thing at once
b. By examining each part separately
c. By ignoring the parts
d. By changing everything
b. By examining each part separately
20. What can help us learn about objects we study?
a. Only looking at them
b. Only touching them
c. Making careful observations and measurements
d. Asking someone else to study them
c. Making careful observations and measurements