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Using Scientific Inquiry, 8th Grade
Test Description: Using scientific inquiry
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Science is
A
neither
B
a way of learning about the natural world
C
the knowledge gained through exploration
D
both
2) Using more than one of your senses to gather information is
A
modeling
B
observing
C
classifying
D
analyzing
3) When you explain or interpret things that you observe, you are
A
analyzing
B
classifying
C
observing
D
inferring
4) Inferences are attempts to explain what has already happened, but predictions are forecasts about what will happen.
A
false
B
true
5) An attitude of having doubt
A
scientific literacy
B
subjective reasoning
C
pseudoscience
D
skepticism
6) You think that crows are stupid. You conclude that there is no way that they could recognize human faces. This conclusion relies on
A
objective reasoning
B
scientific reasoning
C
pseudoscientific reasoning
D
subjective reasoning
7) Scientific inquiry often begins with a
A
conclusion
B
prediction
C
question
D
hypothesis
8) A hypothesis is
A
a possible answer to a scientific question
B
a possible explanation
C
all of the above
D
testable
9) Your hypothesis is incorrect. Does it still have value?
A
no
B
yes
10) The thing that may change in response to what you've changed in an experiment is the
A
dependent variable
B
independent variable
C
constant
D
prediction
11) In a controlled experiment,
A
all of the above
B
multiple variables are changed at the same time
C
no variables are changed in any test
D
only one variable is changed at a time
12) An error in the design of an experiment is
A
pseudoscience
B
bias
C
variable
D
constant
13) You can interpret your data using
A
graphs
B
models
C
all of the above
D
diagrams
14) A conclusion is ___ if it comes from the results of one experiment.
A
reliable
B
unreliable
C
trustworthy
D
solved
15) When a different group of scientists conducts someone else's experiment the same way they did it, it's called
A
copycat
B
replication
C
plagiarism
D
repeated trials
16) Why should scientists communicate their results?
A
so that others can repeat their experiments
B
to help the world in general (ex. treatments for diseases)
C
to help other scientists with their research
D
all of the above
17) If you can't carry out a controlled experiment to study something (like astronomy), we can draw a conclusion from observations and develop a
A
scientific reasoning
B
scientific inquiry
C
science
D
scientific explanation
18) Geese are too messy: this is an example of
A
an opinion
B
evidence
19) To make decisions and design experiments, you need ___ and ___ background information.
A
unbiased and pseudoscientific
B
relevant and reliable
C
subjective and nonscientific
D
true and biased
20) Which is NOT a source of reliable background information?
A
a museum
B
a biased organization
C
a government agency
D
a magazine
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