You are on your way home from school and as you get off the bus you notice a faint odor of smoke in the air.

sight
smell
touch
hearing
taste
point value: 2 points

question 2

identify the sense that would be used to make the following observation by filling in the blanks with one of the following choices:

sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste

you are walking down your street from the bus stop and notice a plume of smoke rising from the direction of your home.

sight
smell
touch
hearing
taste
point value: 2 points

question 3

identify the sense that would be used to make the following observation by filling in the blanks with one of the following choices:

sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste

you get to your house, and see that the smoke is coming from your back yard, so you hurry through the house and rush out the back door. your mom is grilling hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. you walk up to the grill and tentatively put your finger to a hot dog to check the temperature. it is cold.

sight
smell
touch
hearing
taste
point value: 2 points

question 4

identify the sense that would be used to make the following observation by filling in the blanks with one of the following choices:

sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste

you also notice that the burgers are still red (not cooked).

sight
smell
touch
hearing
taste
point value: 2 points

question 5

identify the sense that would be used to make the following observation by filling in the blanks with one of the following choices:

sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste

instead, you head to the picnic table and grab a drink. it is sweet and lemony and you follow it up with a mouthful of salty chips.

sight
smell
touch
hearing
taste
point value: 2 points

question 6

identify the sense that would be used to make the following observation by filling in the blanks with one of the following choices:

sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste

your mom calls over to you, "don't spoil your dinner by eating too many chips! "

sight
smell
touch
hearing
taste
point value: 2 points

question 7

identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

mary discovered that the cell membrane of a bacteria acts like a fence because it keeps some things in and other things out.

observation
analogy
inference
point value: 2 points

question 8

identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

mary walked into the room where her little son was playing, found a broken window, and thought immediately that her son had broken it.

observation
analogy
inference
point value: 2 points

question 9

identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

mary noticed that the countertop was warm to the touch.

observation
analogy
inference
point value: 2 points

question 10

identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

mary noticed that the side walk was wet and thought that it may have been that the sprinklers had been on recently.

observation
analogy
inference
point value: 2 points

question 11

identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

mary counted and recorded 20 heart beats in 10 seconds.

observation
analogy
inference
point value: 2 points

question 12

identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

mary heard the lecturer comparing the human eye to a camera. read this one twice!

observation
analogy
inference
point value: 2 points

question 13

when “doing science” using the scientific method, which of these would be at the top of the list?

observing and questioning
predicting and experimenting
analyzing and concluding
experimenting and concluding
point value: 2 points

question 14

this step gives an investigation a specific direction or focus.

observation
question
hypothesis
analysis
point value: 2 points

question 15

as researchers begin their study, they must examine what they already know about their topic of investigation. based on that information, they form a hypothesis. the hypothesis is

a conclusion about what is going to happen in the experiment.
a question about what is going to happen in the experiment.
a guess about what is going to happen in the experiment.
a prediction about what is going to happen in the experiment.
point value: 2 points

question 16

writing the hypothesis in the “if” and “then” format makes it

easier to predict
more accurate to analyze
testable
hypothetical
point value: 2 points

question 17

if a scientist gathered all the data and information and then based on the data they have, they tell us “what the data indicates” happened. this is

concluding
predicting
analyzing
supposing
point value: 2 points