High School Department

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1. Which of the following cannot be considered a scientific attitude?

a. conceitedness b. intellectual honestly c. open mindedness d. resourcefulness

2. What is a hypothesis?
a. a general idea that is always true b. a concrete answer to a specific problem
c. a question that is being answered in an experiment d. an educated guess or inference to explain

3. A student conducts a fair test when he/she _________.

a. changes all variables all at the same time. b.changes one variable while keeping the rest constant
c. does not record inconsistencies in calculations d.manipulates the data to get results consistent with hypothesis

4. Which of the following usually comes first in the scientific method?

a. formulating hypothesis b.gathering information c.identifying a problem
d.making a generalization

5. A student wants to know the effect of temperature on the solubility of sugar in water. What should he/she do?
a. give a generalization b.make an educated guess c.publish a paper regarding the topic
d. conduct an experiment to answer his/her question

6. what scientific attitude is shown when a student includes all the references he/she has used in a scientific paper that
he/she submits to his/her teacher?
a. diligence b.honestly c.open-min dedness d.respect for life

7. a generalization or conclusion should be reproducible in order to say that _______.

a. it is valid b.the generalization is a scientific law
c.nothing is needed to improve the experiment further d. other experiments related to the generalization are wrong

8.Which of the following is NOT true about the scientific method?

a. it is flexible and the steps can be modified b. this requires criti8cal thinking and careful analysis of data
c. it is a concrete sequence of steps to solve a problem or to answer question
d. repeated experimentation may be done to give the best answer to a problem

9. One importance of theories is that these _______.

a. help us predict possible outcomes of related phenomena b. test the hypothesis of students
c. give us more questions to answer d. provide experiments that students can do at home

10. What is the importance of sharing data with other scientific through articles and other publications?
a. it makes the scientist famous b.it gives students ideas on topics to research
c. it saves time, energy, resource and accelerates research
d. provides a venue for scientist to boast about their work

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