Using Scientific Inquiry, 8th Grade Question Preview (ID: 61482)


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Science is
a) both
b) a way of learning about the natural world
c) the knowledge gained through exploration
d) neither

Using more than one of your senses to gather information is
a) observing
b) classifying
c) analyzing
d) modeling

When you explain or interpret things that you observe, you are
a) inferring
b) observing
c) analyzing
d) classifying

Inferences are attempts to explain what has already happened, but predictions are forecasts about what will happen.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

An attitude of having doubt
a) skepticism
b) pseudoscience
c) subjective reasoning
d) scientific literacy

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

Scientific inquiry often begins with a
a) question
b) conclusion
c) hypothesis
d) prediction

A hypothesis is
a) all of the above
b) testable
c) a possible answer to a scientific question
d) a possible explanation

Your hypothesis is incorrect. Does it still have value?
a) yes
b) no
c)
d)

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

In a controlled experiment,
a) only one variable is changed at a time
b) multiple variables are changed at the same time
c) no variables are changed in any test
d) all of the above

An error in the design of an experiment is
a) bias
b) constant
c) variable
d) pseudoscience

You can interpret your data using
a) all of the above
b) diagrams
c) graphs
d) models

A conclusion is ___ if it comes from the results of one experiment.
a) unreliable
b) reliable
c) trustworthy
d) solved

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) plagiarism
d) copycat

Why should scientists communicate their results?
a) all of the above
b) so that others can repeat their experiments
c) to help other scientists with their research
d) to help the world in general (ex. treatments for diseases)

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) scientific inquiry
c) scientific reasoning
d) science

Geese are too messy: this is an example of
a) an opinion
b) evidence
c)
d)

To make decisions and design experiments, you need ___ and ___ background information.
a) relevant and reliable
b) true and biased
c) unbiased and pseudoscientific
d) subjective and nonscientific

Which is NOT a source of reliable background information?
a) a biased organization
b) a government agency
c) a magazine
d) a museum

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