Science State Test Prep

Brian is currently studying biology. He loves looking at the world around him and trying to find out why everything works the way it does in nature. He is always observing and inferring. He asks a ton of questions and tries to find the answers. What scientific attitude is Brian exemplifying?

• honesty

• skepticism

• bias

• curiosity

Connor and his lab partner take turns measuring their plants. It seems that the plants seem to grow about 2cm per week. Today, his partner reports that the plants grew 8cm since the last measurement. Connor thinks this seems unreasonable. Connor is....

• predicting

• showing bias

• skeptical

• open-minded

Patrick completes his research and realizes that he had been watering the control group with fertilizer when he wasn't supposed to. He really wants to finish this research and move on, but he decides he cannot publish a conclusion knowing that there is such an error. He will probably lose his grant money, but knows he needs to be honest. What quality is he showing?

• bias

• open-mindedness

• curiosity

• ethics

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Things that could have affected the outcome of a lab experiment besides the variable are known as....

• experimental error

• qualitative observations

• a hypothesis

• a control group

When creating a graph, which goes on the x-axis?

• control group

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• title

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which title is the best?

• Plant Growth and Colored Light

• The Effect of Light on Plants

• Colored Lights Make Plants Grow Tall

• The Effect of Colored Lights on Bean Plant Height

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which type of graph would you create to illustrate data from a lab where you measured the temperature increase or decrease of a solution over three hours?

• Pie graph

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Pictograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Sam wants to determine which type of citrus juice does the best job of keeping apples from turning brown. He places apple slices in four different juices and times how long it take for them to show signs of browning. Choose the correct variables below.

• IV- type of apples . DV- type of citrus juice

• IV- time to brown . DV- type of citrus juice

• IV- type of apples . DV- amount of brown on apple

• IV- type of citrus juice . DV- time to brown

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Students are testing whether the height of a ramp affects the distance a car will roll. What needs to remain constant?

• The length of the ramp

• The car

• The surface of the ramp

• All stay constant except for the independent variable.

Which is a valid hypothesis?

• I think that fertilizer is good for plants.

• If a plant gets fertilizer it will be better.

• If a plant grows taller, then it will get fertilizer.

• If a plant is grown with fertilizer, then it will grow taller.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5