Science Quiz

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world; a body of knowledge; one of many ways of looking at the world.

• bias

• data

• science

• theory

The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful way - using the 5 senses!

• classifying

• inferring

• observing

• predicting

Logical interpretation based on what scientists already know and the data collected. Set the correct answer(s):

• theory

• observing

• modeling

• inferring

Making a tentative scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it (we rarely if ever say "proven"). Set the correct answer(s):

• experimenting

• modeling

• observing

• hypothesizing

Experiment in which only one variable is tested at a time. Set the correct answer(s):

• modeling

• experimenting

• control group

• controlled experiment

Putting data into an order to reveal patterns; tables, graphs, and maps. Set the correct answer(s):

• collecting data

• analyzing data

• organizing data

• qualitative data

Variable that is deliberately changed by experimenter (IV); aka manipulated variable. Set the correct answer(s):

• analyzing data

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• collecting data

Variable that is observed and changes in response to the independent variable (DV); aka responding variable. Set the correct answer(s):

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• peer review

• experimenting

Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for the independent variable. Set the correct answer(s):

• modeling

• theory

• control group

• observing

Set the correct answer(s): careful, detailed observations

• theory

• bias

• science

• data