Are you ready to take this lesson's quiz? The questions below will help you find out. Make sure you understand why each correct answer is correct--if you don't, review that part of the lesson.
What can you do to find out if an experiment was accurate?
- Believe an expert.
- Use the scientific method.
- Disbelieve an expert.
- Write a lab report.
Accurate scientific experiments are based on the scientific method.
Accurate scientific experiments are based on the scientific method.
Accurate scientific experiments are based on the scientific method.
Accurate scientific experiments are based on the scientific method.
Max is curious whether Element skateboards are faster than Santa Cruz skateboards. He conducts an experiment. Which is a possible hypothesis for his experiment?
- If skateboarders ride Element boards, they will go faster than if they ride Santa Cruz skateboards.
- When riding Element boards, the rider had a maximum speed of 11 miles per hour.
- Are Element skateboards faster than Santa Cruz skateboards?
- When riding Santa Cruz boards, the rider had a maximum speed of 10.5 miles per hour.
A hypothesis is a guess as to what might happen in the experiment.
A hypothesis is a guess as to what might happen in the experiment.
A hypothesis is a guess as to what might happen in the experiment.
A hypothesis is a guess as to what might happen in the experiment.
Max is curious whether Element skateboards are faster than Santa Cruz skateboards. He conducts an experiment. In this controlled experiment, what factor(s) would be changed?
- The person riding the skateboard
- The ground the skateboards are used on
- The way he rides the skateboards
- The brand of skateboard being used
Controlled experiments attempt to test one thing at a time.
Controlled experiments attempt to test one thing at a time.
Controlled experiments attempt to test one thing at a time.
Controlled experiments attempt to test one thing at a time.
Hazel loves playing the piano and is convinced that her baby brother cries less when she plays. Which is not a step that Hazel would go through to test her hypothesis?
- Hazel would play the piano when her brother cries.
- Hazel would play the piano when her friends come over.
- Hazel would record how long her brother cries as she plays.
- Hazel would record how long her brother cries when she does not play.
A controlled experiment attempts to test only one factor at a time.
A scientific experiment will always follow a specific series of steps known as the scientific method.
A scientific experiment will always follow a specific series of steps known as the scientific method.
A scientific experiment will always follow a specific series of steps known as the scientific method.
Jazmine and Joaquin have heard that plants will change colors if they take in colored water. They both set up experiments to test this and determine whether it is science or pseudoscience. Jazmine and Joaquin both notice that if celery is placed in blue water, it turns blue. And if it is placed in red water, it turns red. Which statement must be true?
- This idea can be disproven if given a larger sample.
- This idea is not based on the scientific method.
- This idea is pseudoscience.
- This idea is “real” science.
Since they both repeated the scientific method and got the same results, this idea is not pseudoscience.
Since they both repeated the scientific method and got the same results, this idea is not pseudoscience.
Since they both repeated the scientific method and got the same results, this idea is not pseudoscience.
Since they both repeated the scientific method and got the same results, this idea is not pseudoscience.
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