1.1 And 1.2 Test Review- What Do Scientists Do?
Practice this test a few times. You will see very similar questions on Wednesday's test!
- 1.Which statement is true of all scientists?
- A.
They study living things.
- B.
They study the natural world.
- C.
They study items found on earth.
- D.
They study things found in outer space.
- 2.Someone places a cup of water and a cup of cooking oil in the freezer. She checks on the cups every 30 minutes. She records the times the liquids freeze. Which question is she investigating?
- A.
Which liquid freezes faster, water or cooking oil?
- B.
Which liquid tastes better frozen, water or cooking oil?
- C.
Which item floats better, frozen water or frozen cooking oil?
- D.
Which item melts faster, frozen water or frozen cooking oil?
- 3.Someone asks people in his class to report how many times per week they recycle. He asks his friends in 2 other classes to collect reports from their classmates, too. Which is true about his investigation?
- A.
It involves collaboration.
- B.
It follows the scientific method.
- C.
It produces results that don't change.
- D.
It explains why people recycle.
- 4.Someone wants to investigate moon craters. He drips water into a shallow pan of flour. He holds a dropper at a different height each time he moves to a new area of the pan. He observes the water drops make dents of different sizes in the flour. What type of experiment is he conducting?
- A.
Modeling
- B.
Surveying
- C.
Classifying
- D.
Direct studying
- 5.A scientist looks at a graph of the results of his experiment. He draws conclusions about the results. What is one way the scientist could use his conclusions?
- A.
To decide whether his results are correct
- B.
To decide whether his hypothesis is correct
- C.
To decide whether he should make a different conclusion
- D.
To decide whether he should share his results with others
- 6.During someone's investigation, a plant grew 1 inch each week for 4 weeks. When she displays her drawing of the weekly changes in the size of the plant, what skill is she using?
- A.
Communication
- B.
Inference
- C.
Observation
- D.
Variables
- 7.Someone is studying water. She things that adding salt to water may make it freeze as a higher temperature. Which word describes her statement?
- A.
Conclusion
- B.
Hypothesis
- C.
Investigation
- D.
Variable
- 8.Someone grew one plant on the windowsill. She grew another plant inside a black plastic bag. She made a poster about how the plants grew. What does her poster do?
- A.
Predicts the data
- B.
Classifies the data
- C.
Hypothesizes the data
- D.
Communicates the data
- 9.Someone wants to add more blueberries to a muffin recipe. He thinks it will make the muffins taste better. What part of the inquiry process are the blueberries?
- A.
Variable
- B.
Question
- C.
Hypothesis
- D.
Conclusion
- 10.Two students studied how far back two toy pull-back cars can travel. Each student pulled a car back and let it go. Then they measured how far each car traveled before it stopped. What part of the inquiry process did the students do?
- A.
Made a prediction
- B.
Drew a conclusion
- C.
Conducted an investigation
- D.
Communicated their results
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