Quiz 0A

Question 1

What is the summary of the data and the results from an array of published journal articles?

Answer 1

Textbooks

Question 2

What are the variables that are changed by the scientist?

Answer 2

Independent variables

Question 3

What is the term for a logical explanation to a question?

Answer 3

Hypothesis

Question 4

What is the term for how close each measurement is to each other?

Answer 4

Precision

Question 5

What is the term for any factors, traits or conditions that can exist in differing amount or types?

Answer 5

Variables

Question 6

What is the term for how close the measurement is to the accepted or expected result?

Answer 6

Accuracy

Question 7

What is the term for the scientific communication that only includes the bare basics - including observations and results?

Answer 7

Lab notebooks

Question 8

What is the term for the logical progression of thought and actions taken in order to obtain an answer to a scientific question?

Answer 8

The scientific method

Question 9

What is the term for the variables that do not change in an experiment?

Answer 9

Control variables

Question 10

What is the term for the oral presentations of research that graduate students give to a committee of qualified professors?

Answer 10

Dissertation

Question 11

Be able to put the scientific method in the correct order

Do background research
Ask a Question
Construct a hypothesis
Analyze data
Design an experiment
Communicate the results

Answer 11

1 - - Ask a question
2 - - Do background research
3 - - Construct Hypothesis
4 - - Design an experiment
5 - - Analyze data
6 - - Communicate results

Question 12

Be able to read an experiment and determine the Independent variable and the dependent variable.

Answer 12

Use your notes

Question 13

Be able to determine is a question is a scientific question or not

Example :
1 - - How many seeds are in an apple?
2 - - How fast can water freeze?

Answer 13

1 - - No

2 - - Yes