Modified True/False
Indicate
whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make
the statement true.
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Inquiry is the process of learning by asking questions.
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Objective evidence describes only what actually happened as exactly as
possible. _________________________
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Scientific laws and theories are always being tested by experiments.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Natural laws are:
a. | rules that explain how all things in the entire universe always
behave. | b. | a process of discovering the answers to questions. | c. | a preliminary
explanation. | d. | a form of inquiry. |
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All of these are very important parts learning through inquiry EXCEPT:
a. | being asked questions instead of being given answers. | b. | proposing
explanations. | c. | collecting evidence to evaluate your hypotheses. | d. | always getting the
right answer immediately. |
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Which of the following steps does NOT belong in the scientific method?
a. | Collecting information to answer a question | b. | Forming a
conclusion | c. | Making a prediction based on observations | d. | Ignoring data that
doesn’t support your hypothesis |
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What must scientific evidence be?
a. | The opinion of an important scientist | b. | Objective and repeatable | c. | Deduced by a
detective | d. | Testable |
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Once a scientific theory has been accepted:
a. | its evidence does not need to be repeated. | b. | it continues to be
tested against new evidence. | c. | it can never be changed or
revised. | d. | it is considered to always be true. |
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Which of the following is an example of deduction?
a. | Melissa concludes that the big thing with feathers flying through her yard is a bird,
because she knows that only birds have feathers and can fly. | b. | Melissa looks up a
picture of an eagle in the encyclopedia. | c. | Melissa’s father tells her that an eagle
is in their yard. | d. | An eagle flew into Melissa’s
yard. |
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If the data from your experiment does not support your hypothesis, what should
you do?
a. | Throw the experiment away. | b. | Change the data so it fits your
hypothesis. | c. | Change the hypothesis so it fits your data. | d. | Erase the data from
your science notebook. |
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After testing, you find that your hypothesis is not true. What does this
mean?
a. | The experiment is a failure. | b. | The results are useless. | c. | The design of the
experiment was bad. | d. | The results may be useful, but further testing
and redesign of the experiment may be needed. |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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Select the correct term to complete each sentence. There are extra terms in
the list.| chemical reaction | second | units | | hour | scientific theory | natural law | | energy | quantities | minute | | scientific method | mass | repeatable | | | |
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The process of learning that begins with a hypothesis and proceeds to prove or
change the hypothesis by comparing it with scientific evidence is called
___________________________________.
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Scientific evidence must be ____________________ so that others who do the same
experiment the same way will observe the same results.
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The scientifically accepted explanation for how the universe began is known as
the Big Bang. This is an example of a(n) ______________________________.
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Short Answer
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Which of the following statements are scientific hypotheses?
a. Heat
flows from warmer matter to colder matter.
b. Chlorophyll causes grass to be green.
c. Nothing
travels faster than the speed of light.
d. Ice cream tastes better than pizza.
e. All humans
are surrounded by an undetectable force field.
f. All events in your life are controlled by the
movement of the stars.
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Essay
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For a hypothesis to be good, does it have to be correct?
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A scientific theory is an attempt to describe a natural law What 3 tests are
required for a scientific theory to be accepted as an explanation for a natural law?
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