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Scientific Method Quizzes 

Please read the instructions before starting: 

To retake a quiz, write the title of the quiz and your name and period at the top. As you answer each question, explain why you choose that answer. Turn in the quiz the next day to the basket by my computer.

Day 2 Quiz 

 

1. What unit do we use for mass?

a)Grams [g]

b)Liters [L]

c)Pounds [lbs]

d)Ounces [oz]

 

2. What unit do we use for volume?

a)Grams [g]

b)Liters [L]

c)Pounds [lbs]

d)Ounces [oz]

 

3. What instrument do we use to measure volume with?

a)Bathroom Scale

b)Triple Beam Balance      

c)Graduated Cylinder       

d)Thermometer

 

4 What instrument do we use to measure mass with?

a) Bathroom Scale               

b) Triple Beam Balance      

c) Graduated Cylinder

d) Thermometer

Day 4 Quiz

 

1. Which Statement below is an inference?

a) A girl comes home from school

b) She sees her mom pulling cookies out from the oven

c) “they must be for me” – she thought

d) Mom goes to deliver them to her neighbor

 

2. Which statement below is the Hypothesis?

a) I noticed penguins swimming in the water at the aquarium

b) Why do penguins float?

c) If I put a penguin in water, it should float

d) Penguins float because they are less dense than water

 

Day 6 Quiz

 

Johnny wanted to see if the length of a nut affects the sound as he spun it inside a balloon.  So he had a smaller nut in one balloon, and a larger nut in the other balloon.  Both balloons were the same color, made of the same material, blown up to the exact same size and spun exactly the same speeds. 

 

As he did so, he recorded the sounds generated by the nuts and noticed that the larger nut had a lower pitch and the smaller nut had a higher pitch.

 

With the above information, answer the following questions.

 

1. Which variable is the independent variable in the above experiment?

a) The balloon                                       

b) The size of the nut

c) The pitch

d) None of the above

 

2. Which variable is the dependent variable in this above experiment?

a) The balloon

b) The size of the nut

c) The pitch

d) None of the above

 

3. Which variable is the controlled variable in the above experiment?

a) The balloon       

b) The size of the nut         

c) The pitch            

d) None of the above

 

 

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