Don Servillano Platon Memorial National High School A) If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one

that is not frozen.

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B) If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.
C) Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.
D) If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
7. The process of obtaining information by using the senses
is called a/an

Direction: Read and understand each question and encircle A) scientific method
the letter that corresponds to your answer. B) inquiry
C) conclusion
D) observation
1. What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds
that whales makes? 8. A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and
answer questions
A) making a hypothesis
B) drawing conclusions A) hypothesis
C) interpreting data B) scientific method
D) making observations C) experiment
D) observation
2. What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific
method? 9. In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called
the
A) Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test
the hypothesis, draw conclusions, communicate results. A) dependent variable
B) Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw B) experimental variable
conclusions, analyze results, communicate results. C) independent variable
C) Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the D) controlled variable
results, ask a question, draw conclusions, communicate
results. 10. In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the
D) Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis,
analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results.
A) conclusion
B) controlled variable
3. Which question would be the best high level scientific
C) dependent variable
question?
D) independent variable
A) How many giraffes live in Africa?
B) Who made the first microscope?
11. A scientist hypothesizes the the temperature at which an
C) How long ago did dinosaurs live on the Earth?
alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator
D) Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at
will be male or female. The independent variable is
which it boils?
A) the temperature
4. Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a
B) the male alligators
hypothesis?
C) the gender of the alligator
D) the incubator
A) It is testable
B) it should restate the question
12. A scientist hypothesizes the temperature at which an
C) It is a prediction.
alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator
D) It is an if/then statement
will be male or female. The dependent variable is
5. An experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using
A) the size of the baby alligators
a comparison of a control group and an experimental group
B) the incubator
is?
C) the temperature
D) the gender of the baby alligators
A) an independent variable
B) a controlled experiment
13. A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the
C) a theory
amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants
D) a dependent variable
that can live in the water. In this experiment the independent
variable is
6. Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
A) the water C) grams
B) the number of plants in the water D) milliliters
C) the temperature of the water
D) the amount of salt in the water 21. If you wanted to measure the distance from here to Salt
Lake City, you would use
14. A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the
amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants A) meters
that can live in the water. In this experiment the dependent B) centimeters
variable is C) kilometers
D) millimeters
A) the number of plants in the water
B) the water 22. Which unit of measure is NOT used in the International
C) the temperature of the water System of Units
D) the amount of salt in the water
A) centimeters
15. All the things in an experiment that must be the same to B) milliliters
make it fair are called C) grams
D) inches
A) dependent variables
B) controlled experiments 23. In which step of the scientific method do we want to use
C) controlled variables or constants graphs
D) independent variables
A) asking questions
16. In science, an educated guess is called a/an B) analyze data
C) make a hypothesis
A) hypothesis D) communicate results
B) observation
C) question 24. The final part; a summary of reasonable inferences is a/an
D) conclusion
A) hypothesis
17. When you decide whether or not the data supports the B) controlled experiment
original hypothesis, you are C) question
D) conclusion
A) forming a hypothesis
B) making observations 25. Which of the following is important when creating a graph
C) asking questions in science.
D) drawing conclusions
A) neatness
18. When a scientist shares her findings with other scientists, B) labels
she is C) all of these
D) titles
A) experimenting
B) analyzing data 26. A scientist who wants to study the affects of fertilizer on
C) communicating results plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant
D) making a hypothesis B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of
fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group.

19. If you were measuring the mass of a fly, you should use A) All of them
B) Plant B
A) meters C) Plant A
B) liters D) Plant C
C) grams
D) kilograms 27. A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery,
test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact is a/an
20. If you wanted to know volume of water in a bottle of soda,
you would use A) law
B) theory
A) kiloliters C) experiment
B) liters D) hypothesis
28. A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and
reasoning is a/an
A) inference
B) theory
C) hypothesis
D) conclusion
29. A series of steps followed to solve problems is
A) standard procedures
B) experimental guidelines
C) investigations
D) the scientific method
30. For an experiment, a scientist put lime at the base of
tomato plant A and baking soda at the base of tomato plant
B. She then sealed the plants in plastic bags. Tomato plant A
eventually died, and tomato plant B stayed healthy. What is
the dependent variable in this experiment?
A. type of plant grown for the test
B. response of the plants to each substance
C. substance at the base of each plant
D. plastic bags wrapped around each plant
31. A student hypothesized that the amount of sunlight a
sunflower plant receives determines the number of sunflower
seeds the plant produces. In her experiment, the number of
seeds produced is the . D. 1 2 4 3
A. independent variable
B. dependent variable
C. controlled variable
D. uncontrolled variable
32. Victoria grows the same bacteria in 20 petri dishes. She
places 10 of the dishes in a container with a normal
atmosphere. The remaining dishes she places in a container
in which the oxygen level is double the normal level. She
labels the first group "A" and the second group "B." Which
statement best describes the groups?
A. Group A is the control group; Group B is the
experimental group.
B. Group A is the experimental group; Group B is the
control group.
C. Group A is the hypothesis; Group B is the theory.
D. Group A is the variable; Group B is the observation.
E. Group A is the theoretical group; Group B is the
hypothetical group.
33. A botanist wants to see how different colored light waves
influence the growth of pea plants. She puts the same
number of seeds into three identical pots with the same kind
and amount of soil. She then gives them the same amount of
water every three days for the length of the experiment. One
pot is placed into a dark windowless closet. Another pot is
left on the windowsill, and the third is placed under a lamp
with a green bulb. She records the height of each plant every
day for three months.
What is the independent variable in this experiment?
A. the amount of soil in the pots
B. the color of the light given to the plants
C. the amount of water given to the plants
D. the amount of time the experiment was conducted
34. Jackson and Mia want to do an experiment to determine
how the temperature of water affects how much salt can be
dissolved in it.
In what order should they perform the following steps?
Step 1: With a teacher's help, bring the water in one of the
beakers to the boiling point.
Step 2: Pour equal amounts of water into two identical
beakers.
Step 3: Record how many half-teaspoons of salt are
completely dissolved in each beaker.
Step 4: Gradually put salt into the water of each beaker, a
half-teaspoon at a time.
A. 4 2 1 3
B. 2 1 4 3
C. 2 4 1 3
35. Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange
green slime. Homer decides to spray half of the shower with
coconut juice, thinking this will kill the slime. He sprays the
other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of
"treatment," there is no change in the appearance of the
green slime on either side of the shower. What is the
independent (manipulated) variable in his experiment?
A. water
B. green slime
C. coconut juice
D. his shower
36. An investigator is interested in seeing how tall a certain
species of plant will grow if it is kept under red light for a
month. What would be valid hypothesis for this experiment?
A. If the light is red, then the plant will grow.
B. If the investigator uses pea plants, then there will be
a lot of growth.
C. If plants are grown under different colored lights,
then they will grow different heights.
D. If a month passes, then the plant will grow under
the red light.
37. A student planted the same kind of seeds in pots A and
B. She planted five seeds in pot A and five seeds in pot B.
The amount and type of soil in both pots was the same. She
added the same amount of water to both pots each week.
Pot A was placed in a sunny window. Pot B was placed in a
dark room. After four weeks, she observed the plants in both
pots. The plants in pot A were green, with tall, thick stems.
The plants in pot B were yellow, with tall, thins stems.

Which statement best explains why the plants in pot A were

different from the plants in pot B?
A. Pot A contained more soil than pot B.
B. Pot A contained more seeds than pot B.
C. Pot A received more sunlight than pot B.
D. Pot A received more water than pot B.

38. A scientist was conducting an experiment and noticed

that when he mixed two substances together an unusual
odor occurred. What scientific skill did the scientist use?
A. prediction
B. observing
C. modeling
D. classifying

39. A(n) observation deals with descriptions that

cannot be expressed in numbers.
A. qualitative
B. quantitative
C. investigation
D. science

40. Which of the following is an observation?

a. The leaves on the tree are green.
b. Baseball is fun.
c. Roses are pretty.
d. My dog is the best.

Prepared by:

ALDRIN M. OBIAS
Master Teacher I