Getting Ready For Science

1. A thermometer is a tool used for _____________________________

Measuring volume

Measuring length

Measuring weight

Measuring temperature

2. The pull of gravity on an object can be measured by a _________________________.

Spring scale

Meter stick

Dropper

Microscope

3. A ruler, a flexible tape measure and a meter stick are all tools for __________________

Measurings volume

Measuring length

Measuring weight

Measuring temperature

4. Graduated cylinders, beakers, and droppers are all tools for _________________ of liquids

Measuring volume

Measuring length

Measuring weight

Measuring temperature

5. A tool used for observing live insects is a _____________________.

Microscope

Magnifying lens

Bug box

Glass

6. Tweezers and forceps are tools used for __________________.

Measuring

Handling

Observing

Classifying

7. When you use your knowledge to guess what will happen next, you are ________________________.

Observing

Inferring

Predicting

Comparing

8. An accepted measure is a/an __________________

Standard measure

Variable measure

Constant measure

Inferred measure

9. The amount of space a liquid takes up is its ___________________

Height

Volume

Width

Length

10. Mass can be measured by using a ________________________

Graduated cylinder

Thermometer

Ruler

Pan balance

11. The set of steps scientists follow to figure out how things work and affect each other is the ______________________

Hypothesis

Scientific method

Inference

Controlled experiment

12. When you describe the ways things are alike and ways they are different, you are ___________________.

Observing

Inferring

Predicting

Comparing

13. A tool with several lenses that can magnify an object many times is a/an _________________.

Magnifying lens

Bug box

Microscope

Ruler

14. A condition that is NOT changed in a scientific investigation is called a/an __________________

Variable

Constant

Hypothesis

Experiment

15. An element in an experiment that can be changed is a/an _________________

Experiment

Constant

Hypothesis

Variable

16. A scientific investigation in which one variable is changed and all the others are kept the same is a/an ______________________

Controlled experiment

Scientific method

Hypothesis

Constant

17. An untested conclusion based on observations in a/an _______________________

Inference

Hypothesis

Variable

Scientific method

18. When you use your senses to gather information, you are _____________________.

Observing

Inferring

Predicting

Comparing

19. A statement of what you think will happen in an experiment and why is called a/an ______________________

Observation

Constant

Scientific method

Hypothesis

20. The tool for observing that makes objects appear larger is a/an ______________________________.

Glass

Microscope

Bug box

Magnifying lens

21. The tool for observing that magnifies objects several times is a/an _________________________

Magnifying lens

Bug box

Microscope

Glass

22. When you observe and form an untested conclusion based on your observations, you are _____________________.

Observing

Inferring

Predicting

Comparing

23. A set of steps designed to test a specific hypothesis is a/an

Scientific method

Variable

Standard

Experiment

Getting Ready For Science

1. A thermometer is a tool used for _____________________________

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The pull of gravity on an object can be measured by a _________________________.

3. A ruler, a flexible tape measure and a meter stick are all tools for __________________

4. Graduated cylinders, beakers, and droppers are all tools for _________________ of liquids

5. A tool used for observing live insects is a _____________________.

6. Tweezers and forceps are tools used for __________________.

7. When you use your knowledge to guess what will happen next, you are ________________________.

8. An accepted measure is a/an __________________

9. The amount of space a liquid takes up is its ___________________

10. Mass can be measured by using a ________________________

11. The set of steps scientists follow to figure out how things work and affect each other is the ______________________

12. When you describe the ways things are alike and ways they are different, you are ___________________.

13. A tool with several lenses that can magnify an object many times is a/an _________________.

14. A condition that is NOT changed in a scientific investigation is called a/an __________________

15. An element in an experiment that can be changed is a/an _________________

16. A scientific investigation in which one variable is changed and all the others are kept the same is a/an ______________________

17. An untested conclusion based on observations in a/an _______________________

18. When you use your senses to gather information, you are _____________________.

19. A statement of what you think will happen in an experiment and why is called a/an ______________________

20. The tool for observing that makes objects appear larger is a/an ______________________________.

21. The tool for observing that magnifies objects several times is a/an _________________________

22. When you observe and form an untested conclusion based on your observations, you are _____________________.

23. A set of steps designed to test a specific hypothesis is a/an