1. Getting Ready for Science
REVIEW GAME

2. Vocabulary Tools Inquiry Skills Scientific Method Open Ended
CATEGORIES
Vocabulary
Tools
Inquiry Skills
Scientific Method
Open Ended

3. A procedure that is carried out to gather data about an object or an event is:
A) experiment
B) investigation
C) scientific method
D) inquiry
Category: Vocabulary 100

4. An organized way to answer questions by gathering information is :
A) experiment
B) investigation
C) scientific method
D) inquiry
Category: Vocabulary 200

5. What is the name given to the general steps scientists follow to test hypotheses?
Category: Vocabulary 300

6. What is a procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis?
Category: Vocabulary 400

7. Define microscope!
Category: Vocabulary 500

8. Which tool led to the discovery of bacteria and other tiny things living in water?
A) forceps
B) microscope
C) thermometer
D) spring scale
Category: Tools 100

9. If you want to measure the mass of a rock sample
If you want to measure the mass of a rock sample. Which tool should you use?
A) balance
B) measuring cup
C) spring scale
D) tape measure
Category: Tools 200

10. Category: Tools 300 Which science tool does not measure anything?
A) balance
B) dropper
C) forceps
D) thermometer
E) spring scales
Category: Tools 300

11. Name a tool that measures the amount of matter in an object.
Category: Tools 400

12. What is a measurement tool that would give different results on the International Space Station than on Earth, even when measuring the same object?
Category: Tools 500

13. Category: Inquiry Skills 100
A paved road runs past one side of Jackson’s house, and a dirt road runs past the other side. Many people ride bicycles past his house. Jackson notices that the bicycles on the dirt road wide tires, and the bicycles on the paved road have narrow tires. Jackson thinks that wide tires must be easier to use on the dirt road. What process did Jackson use to figure this out?
A) classify B) communicate
C) infer D) measure
Category: Inquiry Skills 100

14. Category: Inquiry Skills 200
Comparing, measuring, and predicting are examples of what process?
A) communicating
B) hypothesizing
C) inquiry
D) investigating
Category: Inquiry Skills 200

15. Category: Inquiry Skills 300
Which is an example of an inquiry about dogs?
Carla teaches her dog a new trick.
Martha goes to the library and reads a funny story about a dog.
Judith gives her dog two different foods at once and observes what it does.
Tish goes to the animal shelter to ask what dogs are available to adopt.
Category: Inquiry Skills 300

16. Category: Inquiry Skills 400
Juan is making and flying airplanes with different shaped wings. What is he doing?
A) experimenting
B) hypothesizing
C) investigating
D) communicating
Category: Inquiry Skills 400

17. Category: Inquiry Skills 500
The picture shows a group of buttons before and after a student worked with them. What inquiry skill did the student use?
Category: Inquiry Skills 500

18. Category: Scientific Method 100
A team of students is building a vehicle for a competition. They do not yet know how they want to build it or what materials they need. What can the team do to save time and money before they start to build their vehicle?
A) interpret data
B) plan and build a model
C) conduct an experiment
D) gather and display data
Category: Scientific Method 100

19. Category: Scientific Method 200
Which is usually the first step in the scientific method?
A) conduct an experiment
B) form a hypothesis
C) observe and ask questions
D) communicate results
Category: Scientific Method 200

20. Category: Scientific Method 300
Which of the following steps to solve a problem is done first?
A) test a hypothesis
B) interpret data
C) form a hypothesis
D) observe, and ask questions
Category: Scientific Method 300

21. Category: Scientific Method 400
Armin did an experiment to test whether objects dropped from a second-floor window and from a first-floor window hit the ground at the same time. His friend Michelle says Armin’s results are wrong. What should they do to settle this disagreement?
A) Argue about it until one of them gives up.
B) Repeat the experiment and compare the results.
C) Change Armin’s hypothesis so it matches the results.
D) Ask their friends to vote on whether the results are right.
Category: Scientific Method 400

22. Category: Scientific Method 500
A student does an experiment and discovers that sugar water takes longer to freeze than plain water. What is another question the student could investigate that is based on the results of this experiment?
A) Does sugar water taste better than plain water?
B) Does sugar water evaporate more quickly than plain water?
C) Does sugar water freeze at a lower temperature than plain water?
D) Does water have the same volume before and after sugar is added?
Category: Scientific Method 500

23. Andrea is testing balloon rockets by using balloons with different amounts of air. Identify three variables Andrea needs to control.
Category: Open Ended 100

24. Karla heard that for making ice cubes, hot water is better than cold water because it freezes faster. How could she test that ideas as a hypothesis?
Category: Open Ended 200

25. A student tested the hypothesis that ice melts more slowly in a glass tumbler than it does in a plastic or paper cup. Study the data, and then answer the questions that follow.
Type of Cup
Number of Ice Cubes
Time to Melt (min)
Medium Paper cup 2 25
Small plastic cup with lid 3 75
Large glass tumbler 5 90
Part A: List all the variables you can find in this experiment.
Category: Open Ended 300

26. A student tested the hypothesis that ice melts more slowly in a glass tumbler than it does in a plastic or paper cup. Study the data, and then answer the questions that follow.
Type of Cup
Number of Ice Cubes
Time to Melt (min)
Medium Paper cup 2 25
Small plastic cup with lid 3 75
Large glass tumbler 5 90
Part B: Can the student conclude from the data that ice melts more slowly in a glass tumbler than in the other kind of cups? Explain.
Category: Open Ended 400

27. Juan is planning to study earthworms
Juan is planning to study earthworms. Read his plan and answer the question.
Do earthworms like dark or light areas?
Hypothesis: Given a choice, a worm will crawl into the light.
Materials: 5 earthworms, damp paper towel, black paper, flashlight
What I plan to do:
1. Make a data table.
Place earthworm on paper towel.
Hold black paper so it covers half the towel.
Shine flashlight on paper so towel is half dark and half light.
Observe worm for 3 minutes.
Record in data table what worm did.
Repeat Step 2-6 with other 4 worms.
Compare results to hypothesis and form conclusion.
Is Juan planning an experiment or a simple investigation? Explain.
Category: Open Ended 500