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Scientific Process Skills

1. Which science process skill involves using your five senses to describe what you see, hear, smell,
feel, and taste?

a) inferring b) observing

c) measuring d) predicting

2. Which science process skill uses numbers to describe an object?

a) observing b) inferring

c) measuring d) predicting

3. Which science process skill involves making up categories or grouping things together?

a) measuring b) analyzing data

c) experimenting d) classifying

4. Which science process skill uses a test under controlled conditions and follows steps?

a) collecting information b) inferring

c) measuring d) experimenting

5. Which science process skill involves sharing ideas through talking and listening, drawing and
labeling pictures, graphs, etc.?

a) measuring b) communicating

c) predicting d) experimenting

6. Which science process skill involves guessing what might happen in the future?

a) inferring b) predicting

c) communicating d) experimenting

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7. The boy has on a blue jacket.This is an example of a(n):

a) inference b) hypothesis

c) prediction d) observation

8. The boy has on a blue jacket because it is cold outside.This is an example of a(n):

a) observation b) inference

c) prediction d) hypothesis

9. If it is cold outside, then the boy will wear his blue jacket. This is an example of a(n):

a) inference b) prediction

c) observation d) hypothesis

10. The cashier counted the money in the drawer after she ended her shift.This is an example of a(n):

a) inference b) hypothesis

c) experiment d) measurement

11. What science skill do you use when you read graphs about temperature?

a) inferencing b) experimenting

c) analyzing data d) predicting

12. You go to Modell’s with your parents for a baseball jersey. You notice that soccer equipment is in
aisle 1, the baseball equipment in aisle 2, the football equipment in aisle 3, and the hockey
equipment in aisle 4.
What process skill is demonstrated?

a) predicting b) communicating

c) classifying d) inferring

13. You watch the Weather Channel one night and see that it is supposed to be hot and sunny the next
day. You say to yourself “I think tomorrow is going to be a great day for the beach.” What
process skill is demonstrated?

a) predicting b) making operational definitions

c) communicating d) classifying

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14. You hear a loud rumbling coming from outside and see flashing. Then rain starts pouring down.
You know that there is a thunderstorm passing through your area. What process skill is
demonstrated?

a) estimating b) classifying

c) communicating d) inferring

15. There is a breeze blowing through your classroom disturbing a pile of papers. Your teacher places
a hockey puck on the pile of papers. You think to yourself, “A hockey puck is a paper weight!”
What process skill is demonstrated?

a) making operational definitions b) making models

c) predicting d) measuring

16. As you are walking through the hallway you notice your friend is looking down at her test grade and
is crying. You know that must mean that she didn’t do well on the test. What process skill is
demonstrated?

a) predicting b) inferring

c) communicating d) observing

17. You look at the table and think to yourself that it seems to be 3 feet high. Then you decide to
actually measure it. What process skill is demonstrated?

a) communicating b) classifying

c) making operational definitions d) estimating and measuring

18. For homework, you built a paper airplane. In class we tested the plane in various ways. What
process skill is demonstrated?

a) making models b) classifying

c) making operational definitions d) estimating and measuring

19. You are working in groups for science and decide that each person in the group will have a
different job. You will be the one sharing the answers to the class. What process skill is
demonstrated?

a) communicating b) classifying

c) making models d) making operational definitions

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20. The variable that is measured in an experiment.

a) dependent b) control

c) independent

21. The variable that is changed in an experiment.

a) dependent b) independent

c) control

22. The variable that stays the same in an experiment.

a) dependent b) control

c) independent

23. The first step in a scientific experiment is called a _________________.

a) hypothesis b) variable

c) conclusion d) question (purpose)

24. The process skill that sets the purpose for the experiment.

a) questioning b) conclusion

c) hypothesis d) classifying

25. This should always be written as an "If..., then..." statement.

a) analyzing data b) question

c) hypothesis d) conslusion

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26.

It is a process of explaining the meaning of the information or data gathered from the
experimentation.

a) interpreting data b) defining

c) experimenting d) formulating hypothesis

27.

It is a process skill where you design an investigation, including a procedure, to test a hypothesis.

a) communicating b) experimenting

c) interpreting data d) formulating hypothesis

28. The tentative answer to a scientific problem.

a) Observation b) Inference

c) Prediction d) Hypothesis

29. What tool do you use to measure volume?

a) ruler b) triple beam balance

c) graduated cylinder d) beaker

30. Tool used to measure mass

a) graduated cylinder b) thermometer

c) triple beam balance d) ruler

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