When you look at two flowers and tell how they are alike and different, you are ___________ them.
a. smelling
b. admiring
c. observing
d. comparing
What is d. comparing
100
You use a _____________ to measure temperature.
a. balance
b. scale
c. ruler
d. thermometer
What is d. thermometer
100
Scientists plan and do a test to answer a question or solve a problem. Another word for this is to:
a. observe
b. investigate
c. communicate
d. inquire
What is b. to investigate
100
Which is in the proper order in an investigation?
a. make a hypothesis, ask a question
b. draw conclusion, make a hypothesis
c. make a hypothesis, draw a conclusion
d. communicate, draw a conclusion
What is c.
100
True or False":
Scientists always test their questions the same way.
What is False.
200
When you use your five senses to learn about things, you are:
a. predicting
b. investigating
c. observing
d. guessing
What is c. observing
200
Which tool measure objects that are not straight?
a. a ruler
b. a tape measure
c. a balance
d. a measuring cup
What is b. a tape measure
200
Which is a TRUE statement?
a. You make a conclusion by looking at the results of the test.
b. You make a conclusion by copying the hypothesis
c. you make a conclusion by making a list of materials
d. you make a conclusion by communicating the results of the test.
What is a, looking at the results of the test
200
Which should you do first?
a. make a model
b. design the model
c. test the model
What is b. design the model.
200
True or False:
Models are made to represent how an object looks or works.
What is TRUE
300
To make an educated guess about what will happen is to:
a. predict
b. draw a model
c. test
d. research
What is a. predict
300
A balance measures ___________ and a scale measures ___________.
a. apples, bananas
b. mass, weight
c. weight, mass
d. length, height
What is b. mass, weight
300
How can scientists communicate their conclusions?
a. by talking on the telephone
b. by writing or drawing their investigation
c. by planning their test
d. by memorizing the results
What is b. by writing or drawing their results.
300
When you make a hypothesis and your conclusion does agree, what should you do?
a. give up
b. repeat the experiment again exactly
c. change the results
d. think of another test to conduct
What is d. think of another test to conduct.
300
Which should you do first when building a model?
a. design the model
b. buy the materials
c. make the model
What is a. design the model
400
Which list of words contains three inquiry skills?
a. hear, smell, think
b. study, think, watch
c. observe, predict, test
d. hear, see, draw
What is c. observe, predict, test
400
What size objects would you observe with a hand lens?
What is
Small objects
400
What happens after you observe and ask a question?
a. you make a hypothesis
b. you test your question
c. you call your friend
d. you make a list of materials
What is a. you make a hypothesis
400
If two different scientists conduct the same experiment following the same steps, what should you expect?
a. different results because they are different people
b. the same results because they are following the same steps.
What is b.
400
In order for a test to be valid, you must:
a. follow the instructions precisely
b. use different people to conduct the test
What is a. follow the instructions precisely
500
Scientists use what they know to answer a question. What is the word for this?
a. to observe
b. to question
c. to infer
d. to respond
What is c. to infer
500
Which sense would you use when you use a hand lens?
What is sight.
500
To show what something is like or how it works is:
a. to plan an investigation
b. to classify
c. to predict
d. to make a model.
What is d. to make a model
500
Which is in the proper order in an investigation?
a. draw conclusion, make a hypothesis
b. make a hypothesis, draw a conclusion
What is b.
500
What do you need to be a scientist?
a. a computer
b. a notebook
c. safety googles
d. the desire to find out new information