Greene_MaryHelen Quiz Intro 1

Question 1

What happens if you test a hypothesis multiple times and the data does not support your prediction.

Answer 1

Re-think your hypothesis.

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Question 2

Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers are called.

Answer 2

Qualitative Observations.

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Question 3

What’s the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?

Answer 3

Theories have been confirmed through tests; hypotheses haven’t.
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Question 4

Grocery stores organize food according to food type—diary, frozen, bakery, and so on. This is an example of

Answer 4

Classifying

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Question 5

What must you do before you make a hypothesis?

Answer 5

Make an observation.

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Question 6

Observations that deal with a number or amount are called?

Answer 6

Quantitative Observation

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Question 7

You should run an experiment several times to make sure your results are unchanging. In the preceding phrase, what does “unchanging” mean?

Answer 7

consistent

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Question 8

Which of the following is not an attribute of a scientist?

Answer 8

All of these attributes.

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Question 9

In the phrase, “The scientific method is an analytic process for determing why things happen,” what’s the best synonym for “analytic?”

Answer 9

Logical

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Question 10

A doctor administering a drug to lower a person’s cholesterol is an example of.

Answer 10

Applied science

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