Unit 1 Preview Check

Which of the following is NOT one of the 7 skills scientists use to solve problems in the natural world?

• making models

• observing

• Recording

• classifying

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Match the definition with the correct term:

​ (a)   Rules for knowing right from wrong

​ (b)   Likes or dislikes of people, ideas or things

• Ethics
• Bias

At her field hockey practice, Janet surveyed the athletes on the girls' hockey team to determine which sports teenagers like best.  Will here sampling method be likely to produce biased results? 

• Biased

• Unbiased

What's ethics all about?

• An ethnic minority

• A person who's a bit daft

• Morally correct behavior

• Making lots of money out of customers, bleeding them dry!

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What are the two types of objective reasoning? Choose 2.

• deductive

• subjective

• rejective

• inductive

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Based on your conclusion about the air temperature, which is a piece of inductive reasoning to support it?

• When it's 80 degrees outside, ice melts.

• When my freezer is below 32 degrees, ice forms.

• All warm temperatures produce liquid water.

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is important when developing your question in scientific inquiry?

• It is narrowly focused.

• It is broad.

• It tests many variables at once.

• It is not able to be tested with an investigation.

When developing your hypothesis in scientific inquiry, it is important that all of the following are true EXCEPT:

• must be testable

• must be able to carry out an investigation

• must be a random guess

• must be able to gather evidence

A controlled experiment must test _______ variable(s).

BEFORE the results of an investigation are shared or published, other scientists should review the experiment for:

• error

• bias

• unsupported conclusions

• All of the above