The document presents a twenty question quiz on key aspects of the scientific method, including defining goals of science, the process of generating and testing hypotheses through controlled experimentation and observation, and distinguishing among data, inferences, hypotheses, theories, and laws. The questions cover topics such as how scientists develop hypotheses, design experiments, make inferences from data, publish results to allow reproducibility, and develop scientific theories to explain broad evidence.

1. Twenty Questions
Subject: Biology:
the scientific method

2. Twenty Questions
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3. 1. Which of the following is NOT a
goal of science?
 A. to investigate and understand the natural
world
 B. to explain events in the natural world
 C. to use data to support a particular point of
view
 D. to use derived explanations to make useful
predictions

4. 2. Information gathered from observing a plant
that grows 3 cm over a two-week period results in
 A.inferences.
 B. variables
 C. hypotheses.
 D. data.

5. 3. Which of the following is NOT a way that
scientists generate hypotheses?
 A. using informed, creative imagination
 B. using logical inference
 C. using prior knowledge
 D. using a feeling about what should occur

6. 4. Scientific hypotheses must be proposed
in a way that
 A. ensures that an experiment will be valid.
 B. enables them to be proved valid.
 C. enables them to be tested.
 D. doesn’t contradict previous hypotheses.

7. 5. A controlled experiment allows the
scientist to isolate and test
 A. conclusion.
 B. a mass of information.
 C. several variables.
 D. a single variable.

8. 6. The ability to reproduce results is an
important part of any
 A. hypothesis.
 B. theory.
 C. Law
 D. experiment.

9. 7. A theory
 A. is always true.
 B. is the opening statement of an experiment
 C. may be revised or replaced.
 D. is a problem to be solved.

10. 8. The amount of light and temperature are
examples of
 A.factors necessary for life.
 B. methods of energy production.
 C. factors to which living things respond.
 D. factors that affect reproduction.

11. 9. The work of scientists begins with
 A. testing a hypothesis.
 B. creating experiments.
 C. careful observations.
 D. drawing conclusions.

12. 10. Hypotheses may arise from
 A. prior knowledge.
 B. imaginative guesses.
 C. logical inferences.
 D. all of the above

13. 11. A controlled experiment allows the
scientist to isolate and test
 A. conclusion.
 B. several variables.
 C. a mass of information.
 D. a single variable.

14. 12. Scientists publish the details of
important experiments so that
 A. their work can be repeated.
 B. their experimental procedures can be
reviewed.
 C. others can try to reproduce the results.
 D. all of the above

15. 13. A well-tested explanation that unifies a
broad range of observations is a(an)
 A.hypothesis.
 B. inference.
 C. theory.
 D. controlled experiment.

16. 14. The statement ‘the worm is
2cm long’’ is a
 A. Quantitative observation
 B. Qualitative observation
 C. Inference
 D. Hypothesis

17. 15. An inference is
 A. The same as an obseration.
 B. A logical interpretation of an observation.
 C. A statement involving numbers.
 D. A way to avoid bias.

18. 16. To be useful in science, a
hypothesis must be
 A. Measurable
 B. Observable
 C. Testable
 D. Correct

19. 17. A scientific theory is
 A. Another word for hypothesis.
 B.A well-tested explanation that unifies a
broad range of observation.
 C. The same as the conclusion of an
experiment.
 D. The first step in a controlled experiment.

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