Scientific Method and Questions Quiz

What is your first name?

What is your last name?

Who is your Physics Teacher?

• Mr. Mooney

• Mr. Hogan

• Ms. Matys

What class hour do you have integrated physics? (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th)

What are two things you must have when writing a testable question?

• A hypothesis and a question

• An independent variable and dependent variable

• An independent variable and a hypothesis

• A dependent variable and a hypothesis

What question below is testable?

• How is ice cream made?

• What is better, ice cream or potato chips?

• Teenagers like potato chips better than ice cream.

• If vanilla ice cream and strawberry ice cream are placed under a heat lamp, what one will melt first?

What question below is NOT a testable question?

• How does changing the amount of sunlight affect the growth of tomatoes?

• Will increasing the amount of water you give a plant increase its growth?

• How can you grow a plant?

• Would changing the type of soil affect the growth rate of a tomato plant?

What statement below is a correctly written hypothesis?

• If I choose the red magnet, it will be the strongest

• If I choose the red magnet, then it will pick up the most metal shards

• The red magnet is picked, then it worked the best

• I think the red magnet is the best

What statement below is a qualitative observation?

• There are four white water fountains

• The water fountain is three feet tall

• The water fountain is two feet wide and white in color

• The water fountains in the main hallway is white in color

What statement below is a quantitative observation?

• There are four, large oak trees

• The oak trees leaves are turning red

• The oak tree stands 8.5 feet tall

• The two oak trees have green leaves, while the other two oak trees have red leaves