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Thinking Like A Scientist
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Curiosity - honesty - open-mindedness and skepticism - and creativity
scientific attitudes
scientific inquiry
controlled experiment
scientific literacy
2. Earth and Space Science - Life Science - and Physical Science
branches of science
quantitative observations
scientific inquiry
communicating
3. Creating representations of complex objects or processes
scientific attitudes
making models
scientific theories
inferring
4. Factors that can change in an experiment
communicating
scientific inquiry
conclusion
variables
5. The sharing of ideas and experimental findings with others through writing and speaking
communicating
scientific attitudes
scientific theories
scientific laws
6. Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers
predicting
scientific theories
qualitative observations
hypothesis
7. The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way
qualitative observations
controlled experiment
classifying
operational definition
8. A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or define a particular term
inferring
data
operational definition
scientific inquiry
9. An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
scientific laws
quantitative observations
graph
controlled experiment
10. Observations that deal with numbers or amounts
controlled experiment
quantitative observations
graph
scientific inquiry
11. The ongoing process of discovery in science; the diverse ways in which scientist study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather.
scientific theories
responding variable
scientific inquiry
predicting
12. Visual display of information or data
manipulated variables
classifying
variables
graph
13. Facts - figures - and other evidence gathered through observations
quantitative observations
communicating
hypothesis
data
14. Means that you understand basic scientific terms and principles well enough that you can evaluate information - make personal decisions - and take part in public affairs
scientific literacy
inferring
branches of science
operational definition
15. A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable
hypothesis
scientific theories
scientific inquiry
communicating
16. A summary of the results of the experiment and a statement of how the results relate to the hypothesis
scientific theories
conclusion
inferring
observing
17. Factor in an experiment that a scientist wants to observe - which may change in response to the manipulated variable; also known as a dependent variable
observing
communicating
manipulated variables
responding variable
18. Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
graph
scientific inquiry
predicting
conclusion
19. Using one or more senses to gather information
scientific attitudes
qualitative observations
conclusion
observing
20. A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
scientific laws
observing
scientific inquiry
controlled experiment
21. Conditions in an experiment that is purposely changed; also known as the independent variable
manipulated variables
predicting
scientific attitudes
scientific literacy
22. A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results
scientific theories
classifying
scientific laws
manipulated variables
23. When you explain or interpret what you observe; based on what you already know
data
quantitative observations
inferring
scientific inquiry