Scientific Terms Quick Quiz

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Scientific Terms Quick Quiz

Last updated about 1 year ago

8 questions

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Put the scientific terms in the correct category. Put the more simple or basic term from that category on top and the more in-depth term below it.

Scientific Fact
Hypothesis
Scientific Theory
Scientific Law

Explanation Statements of Why
Description/Observation statements of How

Match the scientific terms with their definitions. Look for your keywords

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An in-depth explanation of a pheomena that has been repeatedly confirmed by experiment and/or observation		Scientific Fact
An in-depth description, usually containing math, of how something happens; an observation of how things relate to one another		Scientific Theory
A simple, basic observation or description of a phenomena; a confirmed hypothesis that's accurate as far as we know		Hypothesis
A limited, testable explanation of a phenomena; an informed prediction		Scientific Law

Match the phrases with the scientific term they are an example of

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If you study 25 minutes every night, then you will make better grades.		Scientific Fact
Spending time studying will increase your overall academic success		Scientific Theory
The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force applied and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. Or F = M X A		Hypothesis
All living things are composed of one or more cells; the cell is the basic unit of life, and new cells arise from existing cells		Scientific Law

Select the TWO jobs of a theory below

To enable new predictions to be created and tested

To account for all the known information about a topic

To test the hypothesis

To describe how something works

What happens when multiple scientists replicate an experiment that produces the same results AND those results align with the original prediction made about the topic?

A theory becomes more credible

A hypothesis becomes a theory

A hypothesis is confirmed

A scientific fact becomes a theory

If a hypothesis is confirmed, it is upgraded to a theory, and when a theory is found to be accurate over a long period of time, it is upgraded to a law

True

False

To be valid, a hypothesis must be ___________

confirmed

proven

testable

approved

The goal of science is to discover truth

True

False

Put the scientific terms in the correct category. Put the more simple or basic term from that category on top and the more in-depth term below it.  

Scientific Fact

Hypothesis

Scientific Theory

Scientific Law

Explanation Statements of Why

Description/Observation statements of How

Match the scientific terms with their definitions. Look for your keywords

An in-depth explanation of a pheomena that has been repeatedly confirmed by experiment and/or observation

Scientific Fact

An in-depth description, usually containing math, of how something happens; an observation of how things relate to one another

Scientific Theory

A simple, basic observation or description of a phenomena; a confirmed hypothesis that's accurate as far as we know

Hypothesis

A limited, testable explanation of a phenomena; an informed prediction

Scientific Law

Match the phrases with the scientific term they are an example of

If you study 25 minutes every night, then you will make better grades.

Scientific Fact

Spending time studying will increase your overall academic success

Scientific Theory

The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force applied and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. Or F = M X A

Hypothesis

All living things are composed of one or more cells; the cell is the basic unit of life, and new cells arise from existing cells

Scientific Law

Select the TWO jobs of a theory below

To enable new predictions to be created and tested

To account for all the known information about a topic

To test the hypothesis

To describe how something works

What happens when multiple scientists replicate an experiment that produces the same results AND those results align with the original prediction made about the topic?

A theory becomes more credible

A hypothesis becomes a theory

A hypothesis is confirmed

A scientific fact becomes a theory

If a hypothesis is confirmed, it is upgraded to a theory, and when a theory is found to be accurate over a long period of time, it is upgraded to a law

True

False

To be valid, a hypothesis must be ___________

confirmed

proven

testable

approved

The goal of science is to discover truth

True

False