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Scientific Inquiry Quiz 8 (17 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is NOT a scientific observation?
2. Which step refers to collecting data by doing an experiment?
3. An attitude of having doubt, keeps scientists from accepting faulty ideas and may lead to new understandings
4. A list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment.
5. Using of senses and scientific instruments to describe a thing or event:
6. A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What is the independent variable?
7. An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?
8. Using your senses to describe a situation is known as a:
9. During an experiment, which factors must be controlled so that researchers can draw a logical conclusion from the experiment?
10. A way of learning about the natural world
11. Explaining things that you observe based on prior knowledge or observations
12. A possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by a scientific investigation is called what?
13. An attempt by a different group to conduct the same experiment
14. What type of tool would you use to make a qualitative observation?
15. What variable can you "MANIPULATE" or change" in an experiment?
16. When you tell what you think is going to happen in the future. You are making a(an)
17. What is a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results? For example:the Atomic Theory
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