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1. A hypothesis is defined as a "guess about how something in science works" or "a testable answer to a scientific question." 2. If an experiment's results support the original hypothesis, a scientist would say the results support the hypothesis. 3. Predictions made from a hypothesis should include both an independent and dependent variable.

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Scientific Method Quiz 1-1

1. A hypothesis is defined as a "guess about how something in science works" or "a testable answer to a scientific question." 2. If an experiment's results support the original hypothesis, a scientist would say the results support the hypothesis. 3. Predictions made from a hypothesis should include both an independent and dependent variable.

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SCIENCE QUIZ-SCIENTIFIC METHOD


1. Choose the best definition for the word "hypothesis" from the definition
below: 
o A guess about how something in science works
o A testable answer to a scientific question
o A conclusion based on the results of your experiment
o None of these definitions describe what a hypothesis is

2. Imagine that you design and conduct an experiment based on your hypothesis that
adding fertilizer to soil allows more plants to grow. You find that in the soil with
fertilizer, more plants grew than in the soil without fertilizer. As a scientist, you would
say that: 
o the results of your experiment support your hypothesis
o the results of your experiment do not support your hypothesis.
o your results proved your hypothesis right
o your results proved your hypothesis wrong

 
3. Predictions made from a hypothesis should include: 
o Both an independent and dependent variable
o Only an independent variable
o Only a dependent variable
o Only a controlled variable

 
4. Choose whether this statement is true or false: A prediction can be written using an
"if ____ then _____" statement *
O True
O False

Use the paragraph to answer questions 5-8 Maya is doing a science fair project. Her
question is: How does insulation affect the temperature in a house? Her hypothesis is:
Insulation makes the temperature inside a house less likely to change. Mark whether
or not each of the following predictions can be made from her hypothesis. 

 
5. If I take two house models, one with insulation and one without, and shine a heat
lamp on them for 1 hour, the house model with insulation will be cooler inside 
o Yes, Maya should make this prediction
 
o No, Maya should not make this prediction

 
6. If I take two house models, one with insulation and one without, and shine a heat
lamp on them for 1 hour, the house model with insulation will be hotter inside. *
o Yes, Maya should make this prediction
o No, Maya should not make this prediction
 
7. If I take two identical house models and shine a heat lamp on them for 1 hour, one
house model will be hotter than the other one. 
o Yes, Maya should make this prediction
o No, Maya should not make this prediction

8. If I take two house models, one with insulation and one without, and put them in the
refrigerator for 1 hour, the house model with insulation will be warmer inside 
O Yes, Maya should make this prediction
O No, Maya should not make this prediction

9. The Scientific Method is a process, used by every scientist in exactly the same way,
to determine cause and effect relationships. *
o True
o False

10. Which of these words can a scientific question not start with? *
o How
o Maybe
o Who
o What

11. A scientist only communicates the results of his/her experiment if they support
his/her hypothesis. *
o True
o False
 
12. Which scientific question from this list would lead to a good science project? *
o Which group falls in love more often: teenage boys or teenage girls
o How does the weight of a dog affect how much food it eats?
o How many dreams do children have per week?
o None of these are scientific questions
13. In scientific experiments dependent variables should be: *
o changed on purpose by the experiment
o measured and observed
o held constant
o none of the above

 
14. In scientific experiments the independent variable should be: *
o chosen by another independent scientist
o held constant
o change on purpose by the experimenter
o ignored

 
15. The variables you keep the same throughout an experiment are called the: *
o controlled variables
o observational variables
o independent variables
o dependent variables
o measured variables

 
16. Students who were current or past pet owners were asked "What kind of pet did
you own? Choose all that apply."
Their answers were put in this
table: *

o Bar graph
o Pie chart
o Line graph
o None of the above
Question 17-19 refer to this graph *

Option 1

 
17. A good label for the x-axis would be 
o Years
o Percent
o Children

 
18. A good label for the y-axis would be: 
o Years
o Percent
o Children

 
19. According to the graph, the vaccination rate for school-age children has never
fallen below 50% in the United States *
o True
o False
o This question can't be answered from this graph

20. Mention 6 steps of scientific method *


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