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