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2020-2021
Grade 7- 1st Monthly Examination

Name: Grade & Section:

Teacher: Score:
General Direction: This is a 30-item test, read each direction written in every type of test,
answer this test in one hour.
I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
 1. Why is the Scientific Method an important process in doing experiments?
a. It ensures that the people doing the experiments are scientific.
b. It ensures that the results can be trusted and repeated.
c. It takes more work but it's worth it.
d. It helps the experiment to take longer and be better.

2. Doing experiments is important because it...

a. creates more questions to be answered.
b. helps create jobs for scientists.
c. allows for new discoveries and knowledge in the area of science.
d. ensures that many tools are used safely and accurately.

3. What is the purpose of doing multiple trials in an experiment?

a. To double-check the results so they are the same each time.
b. To get as much data as possible.
c. To make sure the procedure is done correctly every time.
d. Eliminate observations that are not typical and reduce errors.

4. Which of the following is the standard unit used in measuring time.

a. second c. hour
b. minute d. Day

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5. What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.
a. interpreting data c. making a hypothesis
b. drawing conclusions d. making observations
6. What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method
a. Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw
conclusions, communicate results.
b. Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw
conclusions, communicate results.
c. Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw
conclusions, communicate results.
d. Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results,
communicate results.
7. Which question would be the best high level scientific question?
a. Who made the first microscope?
b. How long ago did dinosaurs live on the Earth?
c. Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
d. How many giraffes live in Africa?
8. Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
a. If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.
b. If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
c. Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.
d. If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen
9. The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an
a. observation c. conclusion
b. scientific method d. inquiry

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10. A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
a. hypothesis c. scientific method
b. experiment d. observation
11. The process of summarizing the result of experiment is called a/an
a. observation c. conclusion
b. scientific method d. inquiry
12. A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions
a. hypothesis c. scientific method
b. experiment d. observation
13. In science, an educated guess is called a/an
a. hypothesis c. observation
b. conclusion d. question
14. When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are
a. making observations c. forming a hypothesis
b. asking questions d. drawing conclusions
15. When a scientist shares her findings with other scientists, she is
a. analyzing data c. making a hypothesis
b. communicating results d. experimenting
16. If you were measuring the mass of a fly, you should use
a. liters b. meters c. kilograms d. grams
17. In which step of the scientific method do we want to use graphs
a. asking questions c. communicate results
b. make a hypothesis d. analyze data

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18. How is a hypothesis tested?
a. by using the hypothesis to make predictions about a system.
b. by comparing observations in nature with predictions
c. by doing a series of experiment and looking for results
d. All of the above
19. Suppose your mother sent you to the market to buy fruits and vegetables. How would you
choose good quality fruits and vegetables ?
a. Ask the vendor to choose it for you
b. Examine the the fruit if it is free from insect bites and the smell of insecticide.
c. Just get any kind and pay right away
d. Tell your mother that you do not know how to buy good quality fruits and vegetables.
20. What is the last step in scientific method?
a. writing report c. analyzing data
b. collecting data d. drawing conclusions
21. What skill is involved when you use fine senses to gather information?
a. observing c. Developing Hypothesis
b. Posing questions d. Designing Experiments
22. Which step that follows formulating and objectively testing hypotheses?
a. Interpreting results c. Conducting experiments
b. Stating conclusions d. Making observations and collecting data
23. How do scientists test their hypothesis?
a. Designing models c. Drawing conclusions
b. Doing experiments d. Formulating questions

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24. What do you call the information gathered during experiments?
a. Data c. Conclusion
b. Theory d. Hypothesis
25. What step should be completed first to solve a problem?
a. Analyzing data c. Testing a hypothesis
b. Drawing conclusions d. Recognizing and identifying the problem
26. It is displayed in the form of a table, chart, line graph, or other representation.
a. gathering data c. Analyzing data
b. formulating hypothesis d. drawing conclusion
27. Which of the following statements would be true of the scientific method?
a. People structure their lives on the principle of scientific method.
b. the scientific method is a continuous process by which people learn about his world.
c. Scientist report the experimental results, but not the experimental designs.
d. When the results of the experiment do not fit the hypothesis,a scientist may discard the
results and stop the experiment.
28. Find out about what you want to investigate. Read books, articles, magazines, journals or ask
professionals to learn about the effect of area of study.
a. gathering Data c. Analyzing data
b. Formulating a hypothesis d. drawing conclusion
29. All of these are contents of doing an investigatory project, EXCEPT:
a. Apply/demonstrate scientific principles or attempt to provide new knowledge
b. Be a result of continuing or parallel scientific research and investigation and not a copy
of any previous research.

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 c. Make headings stand out, draw graphs and diagrams clearly and label them correctly.
d. contribute to the advancement of Science and technology and the development of the
community.
30. Which of the following is an example of a well written hypothesis?
a. If we add more weight to a paper airplane, the airplane will fly further because more
weight helps the plane fly.
b. When we push a chair harder, it will slide further.
c. If we add more water a plant, it will grow faster
d. If we increase the amount of time that we study, then our test grades will go up
because research says study time is directly related to test scores.

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