Station 1: Qualities
of Science
1. In science a “theory” is:
a. A first guess
b. A statement we are 100% sure of
c. A belief most scientists hold
d. An idea with backing
2. Which of the following are valid sources of information in science?
Authority
Evidence
Faith
Observation
Opinion
3. We ask three basic questions in science.
What are they? (think
waaaaaaaaaaaay back to the beginning of the year)
4. T/F: Science is a process that seeks absolute truth.
5. Science is a process that attempts to (prove/disprove) ideas.
6. Name one area of science and what it studies.
Station 2: History
of Science
7. Do we consider it a strength or weakness of science that it can change?
8. What is one topic that science has changed its views on?
9. What is a “myth”?
How does science address them?
10. What do we call something that appears to be science but really is not?
11. We define something as science when it:
a. Uses a particular method
b. Is done by a particular person
c. Is performed in a particular place
d. Is completed by people with a particular belief
12. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary ______________.
Why?
Station 3: Metric
(No calculator on the test, so practice doing them here without a calculator)
13. Name one reason we use the metric system in science.
14. What does the prefix “centi-” mean?
15. How many milligrams is in one kilogram?
16. How many liters is 6.5 kiloliters?
17. One kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds.
How many pounds is 10 kilograms?
18. Which is greater: 954 centimeters or 9 meters?
19. Which is greater: 100º Celsius or 300º Fahrenheit?
Station 4:
Observation and
Inference
(Use the picture provided to answer the questions)
20. Make one observation about the skull in the picture.
21. Make one observation about the forearms in the picture.
22. What do think this is a picture of?
Why?
(reference your observations)
23. Is your answer in #21 an observation or inference?
24. This creature was capable of flight.
your answer to #21?
Does this new fact reinforce or weaken
Why?
25. In light of #23, what do you think this creature had that you can't see in the
picture?
Why do you think this?
Station 5: Lab
Equipment and
Graphs
26. Identify the thin, clear piece of equipment.
27. Identify the metal piece of equipment.
28. Identify the triangular piece of glassware.
29. A graph needs data and labeled axes.
What are the two other things it needs?
(Look at the graph provided to answering the questions below)
30. What is the dependent variable in this graph?
How do you know this?
31. Based on this graph, decreasing the size of the atom has what effect on its half-
life?
32. If you were to add a fifth atom to the graph and it had a size of 300 about what
its half-life be?
Station 6: Scientific
Method
33. T/F: We follow the scientific method in the same order to always ensure proper
results.
34. What is a hypothesis?
35. We want experiments to have multiple versions or trials.
What might happen
if you only do an experiment once?
36. You have decided to do an experiment to test the size of bubbles you can blow.
You create four different mixtures to test: 1) Pure water, 2) 1/10th soap, 9/10th
water, 3) 2/10th soap, 8/10th water, and 4) 3/10th soap, 7/10th water. You then
attempt to blow bubbles with the four different mixtures using the same soap
and bubble wand, measuring the size of bubbles that you get.
Identify the independent, dependent, and controlled variables in this
experiment.
37. Results from an experiment are analyzed before a conclusion because:
a. That's the order of the scientific method.
b. We need to figure out what our results mean.
c. They aren't, analysis is part of the conclusion.
38. Why are experiments so important to science?