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Unit 1 Mid term review

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which of the following phrases best describes science?


a. a list of facts about the world around you
b. a process of learning about the natural world
c. doing experiments
d. drawing conclusions
2. Which skill are you using if you identify a trend or pattern seen in a graph?
a. posing questions
b. inferring
c. developing hypotheses
d. interpreting data
3. Which skill are you using when you use your five senses to gather information?
a. posing questions
b. observing
c. developing hypotheses
d. designing experiments
4. Facts, figures, and other evidence learned through observation are called
a. variables.
b. experiments.
c. questions.
d. data.
5. A hypothesis is
a. a possible explanation for observations.
b. a factor that is changed during an experiment.
c. a conclusion you draw once you have done an experiment.
d. the use of one or more senses to gather information.
6. What characteristic must be true of a good hypothesis?
a. It must be correct.
b. It must have been observed many times.
c. It must involve quantitative data.
d. It must be testable by observation or experiment.
7. In an experiment, the variable that changes as a result of changes in the manipulated variable is
the
a. hypothesis.
b. controlled variable.
c. responding variable.
d. inferred variable.
8. In a controlled experiment, a scientist is studying how long it takes parachutes of different sizes
to fall to the ground. What is the manipulated variable?
a. the size of the parachute
b. the height from which the parachute is dropped
c. the size of the object carried by the parachute
d. the time it takes for the parachute to drop

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9. You want to know if the temperature of water affects how quickly a cube of sugar will dissolve,
or seem to disappear, into the water. In a controlled experiment, what would be the responding
variable?
a. the size of the sugar cube
b. the amount of water
c. the temperature of the water
d. the time it takes for the sugar cube to dissolve in the water
10. An example of a qualitative observation is
a. 25C.
b. 5 km/h.
c. green.
d. 2.7 g.
11. A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a given set of
conditions is called a scientific
a. observation.
b. hypothesis.
c. inference.
d. law.
12. Which sentence best describes a scientific theory?
a. It can never change.
b. It can change every time it is tested.
c. It can be proven conclusively.
d. It is well-tested and explains a wide range of observations.
13. Your teacher hands out a copy of a laboratory experiment. What is the first thing you should do to
conduct the experiment safely?
a. Read every step of the procedure to make sure you understand it.
b. Begin heating any materials that will need to be hot.
c. Mix your materials with those of another group to save time.
d. Obtain and open any chemicals described in the experiment.
14. Which safety measure should you take for every single laboratory experiment?
a. Use heat-resistant gloves.
b. Follow your teachers instructions.
c. Open all classroom windows.
d. Wear a lab apron.

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