Scientific Process

Curiosity and imagination are important in science because they are

• skills needed to organize and analyze data

• models that represent objects and systems in the environment

• abilities in scientists that help expand our knowledge

• none of the above

By examining ______________________, scientists can test predictions for situations in which it is impossible or unethical to use experiments

• Control groups

• Correlations

• Variables

• Observations

You are researching scientific journal articles for a project. Which of the following would tell you the article is pseudoscience?

• No peer review

• Repeatable results

• Accurate measurements

• Takes all new discoveries into account

What essential characteristic does a good experiment have?

• a control group is given the experimental treatment

• A single variable is tested

• A control is used

• both (b) and (c)

A good hypothesis is more than a guess because it

• is based on intuition rather than observation

• states what is likely to happen

• makes logical sense

• Both (b) and (c)

The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the __________________

• control group

• experimental group

• data

• variable

In an experiment, the factor of interest is called the

• control group

• experimental group

• hypothesis

• variable