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Grade 5 Lab Practices and Tools
What are these measuring tools called?
Lab Tool - Measuring Cylinders
  1. measuring cups
  2. scales
  3. graduated cylinders
  4. pan balances
Grade 5 Scientific Method
A variable is
  1. a change in how an experiment is done.
  2. something that can change a test result.
  3. a result that support the hypothesis.
  4. a change in the data and the hypothesis.
Grade 5 Lab Practices and Tools
Which statement is a Science Safety rule?
  1. You may run in the science lab.
  2. If you have a small cut, it is okay not to tell the teacher.
  3. Read only the directions you think you need.
  4. ALWAYS wash your hands after an experiment.
Grade 5 Scientific Method
What is an experiment?
  1. a scientific guess
  2. something you can measure
  3. a controlled test
  4. an observation
Grade 5 Scientific Method
A student does an experiment about how well different types of glue hold. After he finish his investigation, his teacher says he should make a graph of his data. Why would a graph be useful?
  1. A graph shows all the steps of an experiment.
  2. A graph will always prove that a hypothesis is correct.
  3. A graph organizes and displays information.
  4. A graph must always be part of an experiment.
Grade 5 Scientific Method
Why might you want to INVESTIGATE something?
  1. to find the answer to a question
  2. to gather data that you can put in a table
  3. to see how many variables there are
  4. to decide which parts of an experiment to control
Grade 5 Scientific Method
An observation is using your senses to notice things about an object or event.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Scientific Method
A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions.
  1. observation
  2. scientific method
  3. experiment
  4. hypothesis
Grade 5 Scientific Method
I observed the student wearing a STRIDE shirt. Which of the following would be an inference for this observation?
  1. The student likes the color purple.
  2. The student has black hair.
  3. The student goes to STRIDE Academy.
  4. The student likes baseball.
Grade 5 Scientific Method
When you analyze the data, you are done with the experiment.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Scientific Method
What is another word for hypothesis?
  1. Evidence
  2. Graph
  3. Prediction
  4. Investigation
Grade 5 Lab Practices and Tools
What is a tool to see far away?
  1. microscope
  2. telescope
  3. hand lens
  4. magnet
Grade 5 Scientific Method
The control group is
  1. the testing group that doesn't have the independent variable.
  2. the factor that is changed.
  3. the measurement caused by change.
  4. objects or ideas that represent other things.
Grade 5 Scientific Method
Which statement is correct?
  1. Scientists never repeat an experiment.
  2. Scientists most often repeat an experiment one time.
  3. Scientists most often repeat an experiment many times.
  4. If a scientist repeats an experiment, the results will not be reliable.
Grade 5 Scientific Methods and Applications
What you think will happen in the future
  1. prediction
  2. properties
  3. materials
  4. surface area
Grade 5 Scientific Method
When you plan an experiment, a control is
  1. a data table.
  2. a testable hypothesis.
  3. something you allow to change.
  4. something you keep from changing.
Grade 5 Scientific Method
"Why is the sky blue?" This is an example of a good, testable question.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Lab Practices and Tools
A tool that makes objects appear larger is called a                .
  1. macroscope
  2. micmascope
  3. magnascope
  4. microscope
Grade 5 Scientific Method
When you keep track of what you observe, you are
  1. observing.
  2. asking a question.
  3. recording.
  4. concluding.
Grade 5 Scientific Method
Which is an example of observing?
  1. riding a bicycle
  2. eating dinner
  3. watching something cook
  4. knitting a sweater
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