Scientific Method - Quiz
  • 1. 1st step of the scientific method
A) Identify the problem and state the question
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Design and do the experiment
D) Write a hypothesis
  • 2. 2nd step of the scientific method
A) Research or collect information
B) Design and do the experiment
C) Analyze the data
D) Write a hypothesis
  • 3. 3rd step of the scientific method
A) Design or plan the experiment
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Identify the problem
D) Design and do the experiment
  • 4. 4th step of the scientific method
A) Test the hypothesis
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Identify the problem
D) Write a hypothesis
  • 5. 5th step of the scientific method
A) Write a hypothesis
B) Do the experiment
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Analyze the data
  • 6. Always in question form
A) The problem you are going to study
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Do the experiment
  • 7. Always in sentence or statement form, an If ...., then .... statement
A) Identify the problem
B) Design or plan the experiment
C) Analyze the data and write the conclusion
D) Write a formal hypothesis
  • 8. What must be specific and testable
A) The problem
B) The hypothesis
C) The data and the conclusion
D) The experiment
  • 9. When do you write the steps or procedures
A) During the write a conclusion step
B) During the do the experiment step
C) During the identify the problem step
D) During the test the hypothesis step
  • 10. At what point do you collect data - either numbers or observations
A) Analyze the data and write the conclusion
B) Write a hypothesis
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) When testing the hypothesis
  • 11. When do you organize the data to analyze it
A) Write a hypothesis
B) Record and study the data
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Identify the problem
  • 12. You must refer back to the hypothesis when writing this
A) Write the conclusion
B) Identify the problem
C) Design or plan the experiment
D) Do the experiment
  • 13. Hypothesis is either accepted or rejected when you do this
A) Write a hypothesis
B) Identify the problem
C) Do the experiment
D) Write the conclusion
  • 14. The reason that we use the scientific method
A) It allows scientists to collect and process information
B) All of the reasons listed
C) It is used so that the experiment can be repeated by others
D) It is a consistent way of doing things in science
  • 15. 6th step of the scientific method
A) Do the experiment
B) Analyze the data
C) Write a hypothesis
D) Draw a conclusion and communicate it
  • 16. This variable is manipulated or changed during the experiment
A) Dependent variable
B) Undesirable variable
C) Independent variable
D) Control variable
  • 17. The value of this variable changes because of what you add or manipulate in the experiment
A) Temperature variable
B) Control variable
C) Neutral variable
D) Dependent variable
  • 18. Part of the experiment not changed or used for comparison
A) Control
B) Model
C) Claim
D) Evidence
  • 19. Information collected during an experiment either numerical or observational
A) Data
B) Control
C) Claim
D) Measure
  • 20. To draw a conclusion from facts or observations
A) Infer
B) Testable
C) Prediction
D) Sampling
  • 21. A factor or value that always remains the same
A) Prediction
B) Constant
C) Repeatable
D) Evidence
  • 22. A series of steps in an experiment used to test a hypothesis
A) Communicate
B) Procedure
C) Results
D) Sampling
  • 23. An experiment that will similar results when it is done
A) Interpolate
B) Repeatable
C) Prediction
D) Model
  • 24. A kind of test that scientists use to discover or prove something
A) Experiment
B) Estimate
C) Extrapolate
D) Eliminate
  • 25. What you see, hear, notice, detect or smell when doing an experiment
A) Evidence
B) Infer
C) Observation
D) Model
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