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Scientific Method Bellringer
  • 1. What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales make?
A) Making observations
B) Drawing conclusions
C) Interpreting data
D) Making hypothesis
  • 2. Which question would be the best high level scientific question?
A) Who made the first microscope?
B) Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
C) How long ago did dinosaurs live on Earth?
D) How many giraffes live in Africa?3. Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?
  • 3. Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?
A) It is testable
B) It is an if/then statement
C) It should be restated
D) None of the above
  • 4. An experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using a comparison of a control group and an experimental group is?
A) A controlled experiment
B) An independent variable
C) A theory
D) A dependent variable
  • 5. Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
A) Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high
B) If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen
C) If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high
D) If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
  • 6. The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an
A) Conclusion
B) Inquiry
C) Scientific method
D) Observation
  • 7. In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called the
A) Independent variable
B) Controlled variable
C) Dependent variable
D) Experimental variable
  • 8. In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the
A) Dependent variable
B) Controlled variable
C) Conclusion
D) Independent variable
  • 9. A scientist hypothesizes the temperature at which an alligator’s egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The independent variable is
A) The gender of the alligator
B) The temperature
C) The male alligator
D) The incubator
  • 10. A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the independent variable is
A) The water
B) The number of plants in the water
C) The amount of salt in the water
D) The temperature of the water
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