Quiz Recovery - Nature of Science 22

Which of the following investigations is described below?

"Kylie wants to study the effect that playing music has on her tulips (flowers) growth. She sets up four groups of tulips. She plays rock for the first group, rap for the second, classical for the third, and no music for the fourth group. She measures how much her tulips grow over 10 weeks. "

Which of the following investigations is described below?

"Kevin is studying the physical similarities/differences between bottlenose dolphins that reside in the Atlantic Ocean and bottlenose dolphins that reside in the Pacific Ocean."

Which of the following investigations is described below?

"Albert goes to the Ocala National Forest every other weekend to go bird watching. His goal is to find and describe two new birds each visit."

Carlos was given a set of 5 metal cubes. He calculated the densities of each to determine the type of metal in each. The densities were really close to each other, so he asked his friend John to do the same experiment and see if he gets the same results.

Julian is testing golf balls. He drops three different brands of balls from 40 cm and measures how high they bounce. He drops each ball 10 times.

Jordan and Alex are both scientists. Jordan conducts an experiment testing different fuel sources for cars in the future. Jordan conducts each test three times in order to compare his data. After he finishes the trials, Jordan showed Alex his results from each trial. Alex is confused about Jordan's results, so he decides to conduct the experiment for himself. Which scientific process did each scientist use?

A company wants to sell more sports drinks so they decide to add more sugar. The experimental groups are outlined below:

  Group A - gatorade with an added teaspoon of sugar.

Group B - plain gatorade without adding sugar.

Group C - gatorade with two teaspoons of sugar added

Which Group is the CONTROL GROUP?

Mr. S. sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp.  Identify the constant.

Look at the bar graph. Can you tell what the bar graph measures?

Which month had the greatest number of books read?

Which pie chart represents the same data as the table?

Choose the correct hypothesis for "What effect does studying have on your test grade?"

Choose the correct hypothesis for "How will exercising affect your health?"