Scientific Methods Quiz
Part 1: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer.
1. The first step to conducting an experiment is:
A. Creating a hypothesis
B. Analyzing Results
C. Making Observations
D. Conducting the Experiment
2. Which of the following is most true:
A. You can accept or reject a hypothesis
B. You can prove a hypothesis to be correct
C. An experiment always yields correct information
D. Accepting or rejecting a hypothesis is the same as proving whether or not the hypothesis is
true.
3. Which of the following is most true about data and results?
A. Data and Results are two names for the same thing.
B. Data are the facts you collect from your experiment, while Results are your interpretation of
what the data means.
C. Data are your interpretation of what the results mean. Results are the facts you collect from
your experiment.
D. Results and data are components in the experiment that help
4. These are embedded within the experiment that are assumed to be remained constant
throughout all experimental trials. (Examples: Each group gets the amount of sunlight, Each
group is given the same amount of nutrition)
A. Control Variable
B. Independent Variable
C. Constants
D. Placebo
5. The three requirements for a hypothesis are:
A. Reliable, Broad, Testable
B. Needs to be an If/ Then statement, Specific, Testable
C. Needs to be an If/ Then Statement, Complete Sentence, Consistent
D. Reliable, Testable, Complete Sentence
Part 2: Matching
Match vocabulary word to the definition
6. ____ This is one of the ways in which you can analyze science. It doesn’t require an experiment,
and it based off of conclusions drawn from what you see
7. ____ This is an observational method using specifically adjectives regarding the description of
the object. Usually involves the 5 senses.
8. ____ This is the variable that is manipulated by the tester and is not dependent on the other
variable.
9. ____ These are conclusions made from your observations
10. ____ This is your highest data point in your sample minus your lowest data point.
11. ____ This is the variable/ treatment group that is meant to remain constant throughout the
entire experiment. This sets the baseline for the other variables. Often times water is used.
12. ____This is an observation method that describes somethings size, value, or amount. (Usually
involves numbers)
13. ____ This is the variable that is dependent on the other. This is usually what is being tested.
14. ____ This is one of the ways in which you can analyze science. It’s where researchers assign
participants to groups and provide treatments to each group, and record data.
15. ____ This is the average of all of the data points in your sample.
A. Experimental
B. Observational
C. Inferences D. Quantitative
E. Qualitative F. Independent Variable
G. Dependent Variable
H. Control variable
I. Mean
J. Range