Science Investigations
Preparation for Junior Science Fairs
Year 9 or 10
NZ
Science
Scientific write ups
Investigations
- 1.
Which one of these is a SPECIFIC, TESTABLE, SCIENTIFIC question?
- A.
How much do people like chocolate cake?
- B.
Which chocolate cake recipe from our list will produce the darkest coloured cake?
- C.
How many people in the world can whistle?
- D.
How far away can people hear a whistle from?
Correct Answer
B. Which chocolate cake recipe from our list will produce the darkest coloured cake? -
- 2.
"You have to get an experiment to work perfectly the first time you do it". Is this true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 3.
Select all the ones that are TRUE
- A.
It is perfectly alright to try things out in a safe way in Science
- B.
You can use large amounts of materials; the school has a limitless pot of money
- C.
Cleaning up carefully is part of being a good Scientist
- D.
It is okay to use foods in your lab experiments as long as you DON'T eat them
- E.
Every Science Investigation needs a question, a materials list, a method, results and a conclusion
- F.
It is not 'real' Science if you are testing whether you can replicate another Scientist's results
Correct Answer(s)
A. It is perfectly alright to try things out in a safe way in Science
C. Cleaning up carefully is part of being a good Scientist
D. It is okay to use foods in your lab experiments as long as you DON'T eat them
E. Every Science Investigation needs a question, a materials list, a method, results and a conclusion -
- 4.
Select all the questions that are NOT specific, testable, Scientific questions
- A.
How much do girls like the colour pink?
- B.
Which shade of blue from our list do Year 9 Wellington East Girls' College students like most?
- C.
Which shoe is the smelliest?
- D.
Which mixture (from our list) will produce the largest diameter bubbles?
- E.
Which colour wheat grains (red, green, blue, yellow or natural) does Mrs Robinson's chicken prefer?
- F.
How little sucrose sugar can a cake have in it before Year 10 Wellington East Girls' College students say they don't like it? (Without adding other sweetners).
- G.
Which cat breed (Siamese, Burman or Persian) is the best?
Correct Answer(s)
A. How much do girls like the colour pink?
C. Which shoe is the smelliest?
G. Which cat breed (Siamese, Burman or Persian) is the best? -
- 5.
Chose the MOST COMPLETE materials list for the bubble mix experimental method in Question 5
- A.
3 x Beaker, Sunlight Liquid, 25mL measuring cylinder
- B.
Measuring cylinders (5mL and 25mL), beakers x 3, bubble wand x 1, Sunlight Liquid, tap water
- C.
Sunlight Liquid, measuring cylinders, beakers , person to blow bubbles
- D.
3 beakers, 2 measuring cylinders, 1 bubble wand, 1 notebook, one pencil
Correct Answer
B. Measuring cylinders (5mL and 25mL), beakers x 3, bubble wand x 1, Sunlight Liquid, tap water -
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