- 1. What is a manipulated variable?
A) the variable you counted
B) the variable you change
C) the variable you kept the same
D) the variable you measured
- 2. What is a responding variable?
A) the variable you changed
B) the variable you kept the same
C) the variable you predicted
D) the variable you measured
A) the beginning of your experiment
B) the prediction of your experiment
C) the results of your experiment
D) the data of your experiment
- 4. Which of these is not a step in the Scientific Method?
A) question
B) draw
C) procedure
D) table
E) predict
- 5. What variables do you keep the same?
A) heath
B) changing
C) responding
D) manipulated
E) controlled
- 6. What step in the Scientific Method is an organized list of all of the steps you will follow in your Science experiment?
A) variable
B) procedure
C) question
D) prediction
E) constants
- 7. What should you change if your prediction is wrong?
A) your question
B) your prediction
C) nothing
D) your data
- 8. How many things in your experiment should you change on purpose?
A) 1
B) 4
C) 2
D) everything
E) 3
- 9. What is the first step in the Scientific Method?
A) procedure
B) variable
C) question
D) prediction
E) results
- 10. Which word describes a try that you did in the Scientific Method?
A) procedure
B) data
C) heath
D) trial
E) variable
- 11. How should you conduct an experiment?
A) slowly and lazy
B) slowly and calmly
C) funny and joke around
D) quickly and silly
- 12. Why do scientists follow the Scientific Method?
A) to learn things about plants
B) to prove that their prediction is right
C) to have fun and learn at the same time
D) to get reliable results and answer their science question
- 13. If I did an experiment about how far my car would go by using regular gas, which would be the manipulated variable?
A) distance
B) gas
C) car
D) Mr. Heath
- 14. If I did an experiment about the height of my tree after I watered it every day for 3 weeks, what would be the responding variable?
A) water
B) Mr. Heath
C) tree
D) height
- 15. What happens if your experiment has too many variables?
A) all of the answers are correct
B) your table will be wrong
C) your data will be wrong
D) your conclusion will be wrong
- 16. Why should all scientists do the Scientific Method to explore SCIENCE?
- 17. How do you feel about the Scientific Method?
- 18. Sara and Jonny do an experiment on temperature and plant growth. What is the responding variable?
A) plant growth
B) type of plant
C) temperature
- 19. Lisa and Nick do an experiment about which detergent gets out stains better. Which is the manipulated variable?
A) the clothes
B) the stain
C) type of detergent
- 20. If I wanted to do an experiment about which pet food dogs like best, what should I do first?
A) make a prediction
B) make a table
C) draw a conclusion
D) gather materials
E) make a graph
- 21. If I wanted to do an experiment about which ball travels the farthest (a baseball or football), what should I do after I gather my materials?
A) Throw the baseball 5 times and the football 3 times
B) Throw each ball 3 times and record data
C) Throw each ball 5 times and record data
D) Collect your data
E) Kick the football and throw the baseball
- 22. Why should you do 3 trials instead of just 1?
- 23. Antonio wants to do an experiment about which evaporates faster: milk, water, or juice. Which of these does he NOT need?
A) ice
B) cup
C) milk
D) table
E) paper
- 24. Which of these describes a person who uses the Scientific Method?
A) teacher
B) senator
C) student
D) scientist
- 25. What is always the first step in the Procedure?
A) Make a Graph
B) Get a pencil and paper
C) Gather your materials
D) Find a place to do the experiment
E) Write your data
- 26. Force and Motion: If 2 objects travel for the same amount of time, the object that goes farther is
A) heavier
B) faster
C) slower
D) better
- 27. FORCE AND MOTION: Which tool can NOT measure speed?
A) scale
B) stopwatch
C) yardstick
- 28. FORCE AND MOTION: If an object is rolling down a hill, which of these would NOT create more friction?
A) sand
B) rocks
C) grass
D) oil
- 29. EARTH AND SPACE: The Earth spins around and causes which of these?
A) a week
B) day and night
C) a year
D) a month
- 30. EARTH AND SPACE: When the Earth orbits the sun, it causes ___________
A) a month
B) a year
C) a week
D) day and night
- 31. EARTH AND SPACE: The moon orbits
A) the sun
B) the earth
C) the sun and earth
- 32. EARTH AND SPACE: Patterns in the night sky made of stars are called
A) stellar maps
B) solar maps
C) solar systems
D) stars
E) constellations
- 33. EARTH AND SPACE: Why does the sun appear bigger than the other stars?
A) because it is closer to the earth
B) because it is the brightest star
C) because it is the largest star
D) because it is the hottest star
- 34. ECOSYSTEMS: Which of these is a producer?
A) snake
B) beetle
C) grass
D) hawk
E) worm
- 35. ECOSYSTEMS: Which of these is a consumer?
A) palm tree
B) rose
C) butterfly
D) ivy
E) cactus
- 36. ECOSYSTEMS: Which of these is NOT a decomposer?
A) fly
B) worm
C) moss
D) mushroom
- 37. EARTH MATERIALS: Which of these words means to break down rock?
A) weathering
B) erosion
C) fossil
D) deposition
- 38. EARTH MATERIALS: Which of these words means shows what happens when sediments are carried in a river?
A) fossil
B) deposition
C) weathering
D) erosion
- 39. EARTH MATERIALS: Which layer of soil has the oldest fossils?
A) near the bottom
B) near the top
C) near the middle
- 40. ENERGY: When energy is moved from one place to another, it is called
A) transportation
B) transform
C) transfer
D) transport
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