This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research > Scientific Inquiry – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Scientific Inquiry Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is often the first step in scientific inquiry A) Posing a question. B) Developing a hypothesis. C) Collecting data. D) Designing an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Posing a question. 2. The factor that is purposely changed A) Independent variable. B) Hypothesis. C) Dependent variable. D) Controlled experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 3. The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs). A) Hypothesis. B) Observationsconclusion. C) Variables. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data. 4. Which of the following describes a scientific process? A) Jon claims that cities are better than towns. He finds 12 people who agree with him as evidence to support his claim. B) Kyra starts to believe in vampires after she sees a movie that has vampires in it. C) Pedro plants a sapling in his front yard. He observes and measures it each day. Using his observations, he hypothesizes that the leaves grow most in the sprin. D) Justine drinks eight glasses of water every day because she saw a presentation in health class about water being good for you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pedro plants a sapling in his front yard. He observes and measures it each day. Using his observations, he hypothesizes that the leaves grow most in the sprin. 5. What is a factor that can change in an experiment? A) Hypothesis. B) Variable. C) Scientific Inquiry. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable. 6. Which one is NOT a good way to gather info? A) Google it and use good sources. B) Ask the gals in the bathroom. C) Interview an expert. D) Read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask the gals in the bathroom. 7. A generalization that makes sense of observations by using logical reasoning A) Scientific explanation. B) Replication. C) Bias. D) Repeated trial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific explanation. 8. What is a good place to research? A) Ask my pet dog. B) The internet (with credible sources!). C) Instagram. D) My 2nd grade cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The internet (with credible sources!). 9. Which group contains the independent variable? A) Control Group. B) Constants. C) Experimental Group. D) Participants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimental Group. 10. "Will ice melt faster in salt water?" , is an example of a A) Control. B) Question. C) Dependent variable. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question. 11. An error in the design of the experiment making an certain result more likely A) Dependent variable. B) Independent variable. C) Bias. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias. 12. A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. A) Metric system. B) Data collection. C) Recipe. D) Scientific method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientific method. 13. Grinding a effervescent tablet into powder increases the rate of reaction due to increased A) Reactants. B) Temperature. C) Concentration. D) Surface area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface area. 14. What is a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions? For example:law of gravity A) Scientific Inquiry. B) Scientific Theory. C) Communicating. D) Scientific Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientific Law. 15. Sandra claims that invisible fairies live above the clouds where no one can see, hear or feel them. Which of the following is true? A) Sandra's claim is a hypothesis that she could test with the scientific method. B) Sandra's claim is not scientific because it is not testable. C) Sandra's claim is a law based on empirical evidence. D) Sandra's claim is not scientific because no one famous would agree with her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sandra's claim is not scientific because it is not testable. 16. Involves evaluating observations and data to reach a conclusion about them A) Observing. B) Analyzing. C) Predicting. D) Classifying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyzing. 17. Based on personal feelings or personal values A) Empirical evidence. B) Subjective reasoning. C) Data. D) Objective reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective reasoning. 18. Grouping items together based on similarities A) Collecting. B) Classifying. C) Predicting. D) Inferring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classifying. 19. Which side of a penny will hold more drops of water? Choose the best hypothesis. A) If the heads side of a penny is used, then it will hold more drops of water than tails. B) Tails will hold more drops of water. C) Heads. D) Tails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the heads side of a penny is used, then it will hold more drops of water than tails. 20. What are diverse ways that scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence? A) Scientific Law. B) Scientific Calculator. C) Scientific Theory. D) Scientific Inquiry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientific Inquiry. 21. What variable in an experiment is the manipulated variable, or the variable that the scientists changes?For example:keep bread at room temp, and keep another one in the refrigerator-here you are changing the temps on purpose to see what happens. A) Control Variable. B) Operational Definition. C) Independent Variable. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Variable. 22. Which of the following would react fastest in sweet tea? A) A sugar cube cut in fourths. B) A sugar cube. C) A sugar cube cut in half. D) A sugar cube crushed into powder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sugar cube crushed into powder. 23. Information obtained through one or more of the five senses. A) Infer. B) Observation. C) Predict. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 24. Which group does NOT contain any variable?This is the comparison group. A) Experimental Group. B) Constants. C) Participants. D) Control Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control Group. 25. What is the correct conversion? 2 m = ..... mm A) 20, 000. B) 20. C) 200. D) 2, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2, 000. 26. On which of the following could a scientific claim be based? A) A famous athlete's speech. B) A religious text. C) Superstitions and folklore. D) Experiments and studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiments and studies. 27. Which of the following would be a scientific theory? A) An explanation of why global temperatures are rising. B) A belief in ghosts that humans cannot see or feel. C) The statement that objects in motion tend to stay in motion. D) The hypothesis that if you increase the temperature of water, then sugar will dissolve quicker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An explanation of why global temperatures are rising. 28. If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller. What part of the scientific method is this an example of? A) Hypothesis. B) Procedure. C) Question. D) Results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 29. Gathering information and learning everything you can about the topic. A) Research. B) Hypothesis. C) Conclusion. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Research. 30. What does scientific inquiry begin with? A) An observation. B) A question. C) A fact. D) A hypothesis. 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