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Which is a scientific hypothesis?
a) Does orange juice affect plant growth?
b) Orange juice affects plant growth.
c) Orange juice tastes the best to plants.
d) Orange juice has compounds that we will never be able to detect.

Does orange juice affect plant growth? One plant got water while the other got orange juice. What is the dependent variable?
a) plant growth
b) water
c) orange juice
d) soil

What is the range of the data set 5, 6, 9, 10, 15?
a) 9
b) 4
c) 10
d) 5

What is the median of the data set 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11?
a) 3
b) 7
c) 8
d) 5

Which is the middle number in a data set when the numbers are arranged in numerical order?
a) mean
b) median
c) mode
d) range

Which is a scientific hypothesis?
a) Coke is better than Pepsi.
b) Egg production in chickens is affected by the brand of feed they consume.
c) Raising Cane's is better than Chick-fil-a.
d) Will my chicken lay better after eating Purina?

The average of a group of numbers is the
a) mean
b) median
c) mode
d) range

The metric system is based on units of
a) 1
b) 10
c) 100
d) 1000

What is the mode in the following data set? 5, 12, 12, 14, 15
a) 5
b) 12
c) 14
d) 15

Which questions can science answer?
a) questions about feelings
b) questions about personal beliefs
c) questions about values
d) none of the above

Which is NOT a way to test your hypothesis
a) perform an experiment
b) make a model
c) ask people what they think would happen
d) gather and evaluate evidence

The science that studies all organisms and the many processes that occur in them is called
a) Earth science
b) life science
c) physical science
d) astronomy

Any factor that can have more than one value
a) hypothesis
b) variable
c) significant digits
d) description

Comparing what you already know with info you are given in order to decide whether you agree
a) critical thinking
b) description
c) explanation
d) variable

A rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature
a) scientific law
b) scientific theory
c) science
d) explanation

The investigation and exploration of natural events and the new info that results.
a) science
b) hypothesis
c) inference
d) technology

True or False: A wrong hypothesis has no value.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

You've experimented, analyzed results, and drawn conclusions. Now what?
a) communicate results
b) come up with a hypothesis
c) come up with a prediction
d) ask a question

A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
a) prediction
b) hypothesis
c) observation
d) technology

THe factor that you want to test; changed by the investigator
a) dependent variable
b) independent variable
c) description
d) significant digits

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