ESS 1 FINAL EXAM

A prediction about a problem that can be tested is a(n) ____.

• HYPOTHESIS

• INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

• DEPENDENT VARIABLE

• 
  CONTROL

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The process of gathering information through the senses is called ____.

• ANALYSIS

• HYPOTHESIS

• OBSERVATION

• INFERENCE

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A factor that does NOT change in an experiment is the ____.

• INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

• HYPOTHESIS

• CONTROL

• CONSTANT

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An idea, event, or object can be represented by a ____ to help people better understand it.

• CONSTANT

• MODEL

• SCIENTIFIC LAW

• HYPOTHESIS

A factor that is manipulated in an experiment to change the dependent variable is the ____.

• CONSTANT

• CONTROL

• DEPENDENT VARIABLE

• INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

An engineer is responsible for:

• BRINGING TECHNOLOGIES TO SOCIETY

• RESEARCHING SCIENTIFIC LAWS/THEORIES

• RUNNING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

• NONE OF THE RESPONSES ARE CORRECT

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The James Webb Space Telescope that has now launched (finally!) replaced:

• CHANDRA X-RAY TELESCOPE

• HUBBLE TELESCOPE

• THE VLA TELESCOPE

• ARICEBO TELESCOPE

About 90 percent of the stars in space are ____ stars.

• NEUTRON

• RED GIANT

• PROTO

• MAIN SEQUENCE

A ____ is a region so dense that nothing, including light, can escape its gravity field:

• BLACK HOLE

• SUPERNOVA

• SUPERGIANT

• WHITE DWARF

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A graph that shows the relationship of a star's temperature to its absolute magnitude:

• HOROSCOPE

• HR DIAGRAM

• ASTROCHART

• CONSTELLATION