Scientific Knowledge and Practices

Which of these BEST represents scientific inquiry?

• The results cannot be repeated.

• The results can be repeated only by you

• The results can be repeated by you and others

• The results only come from asking a very tough question

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

You set up an experiment to see how sunlight affects plant growth. You give two similar plants the same amount of water every day, but you put one plant in sunlight and the other plant in shade. Which of the following should be a controlled variable in this experiment? Which would be the dependent variable?

• age of the investigators; amount of water

• amount of water given to each plant; plant growth

• amount of sunlight; amount of water

• plant growth; amount of water given to each plant

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Information you gather using your five senses is called

• an observation

• an inquiry

• a fact

• knowledge

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which one describes scientific knowledge?

• clear questions asked by scientists

• what we know about the world

• how scientists get answers to their questions

• measurements made with our senses

Do scientific facts ever change?

• yes, when there is new evidence

• no, they never change

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Do scientific facts ever change?

• yes, when there is new evidence

• no, they never change

• it depends on the scientist

• only on holidays

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of these is NOT a practice of science?

• asking questions

• analyzing data

• making claims without evidence

• carrying out investigations

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of these is NOT a practice of science?

• asking questions

• analyzing data

• making claims without evidence

• carrying out investigations

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of these fields of science doesn't use controlled experiments?

• astronomy

• chemistry

• physics

• biology

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which of these fields of science doesn't use controlled experiments?

• astronomy

• chemistry

• physics

• biology