B.

An Answer
1. Which branch of science is also
known as biology?
C. An Educated Guess
A. Earth Science
D. An Experiment
B. Life Science
8. A hypothesis is...
C. Physical Science
A. A Random Thought
2. Which branch of science studies
B. An Answer
the structure of matter?
C. An Educated Guess
A. Chemistry
D. An Experiment
B. Physics
9. A control group is used as a
C. Paleontology
comparison to the group where
things (variables) are changing.
3. Which branch of science studies
the history and structue of the
A. True
earth?
B. False
A. Geology
10. A farmer applies different fertilizer to his
B. Ecology
cotton crops, to see which will make his plants
grow the highest. What is the IV?
C. Astronomy

4. Which branch of science studies A. Growth of plants

how traits are passed from parents to
offspring?
B. Different cotton crops
A. Ecology
C. Height of plants.
B. Genetics
D. Type of fertilizer
C. Parentology
11. A farmer applies different fertilizer to his
5. Which branch of science studies cotton crops, to see which will make his plants
the relationship of living and non- grow the highest. What is the dependent
living things? variable?

A. Biology
A. Different cotton crops
B. Chemistry
B. Height of plants
C. Ecology
C. Type of fertilizer
6. Which of these is not a step of the
scientific method?
D. Growth of plants
A. Hypothesis 12. I use different types of weed killers on my
lawn to see which one kills the most weeds.
B. Experiment What is the DV?

C. Conclusion
A. Amount of weeds killed
D. Plagiary
B. Types of weed killers
7. A hypothesis is...

A. A Random Thought C. Types of weeds

 D. Most weeds
13. I use different types of weed killers on my
lawn to see which one kills the most weeds.
What is the IV?
18. To test the safety of a car, crash tests will
test different types of cars in collision
situations. They want to determine in which
car the crash test dummy receives the least
amount of damage. What is the IV?

A. Amount of weeds killed

B. Types of weeds
C. Type of weed killer
D. Most weeds
14. In a study about headaches, doctors gave
patients Alieve, Tylenol, Advil, and Excedrin, to
see which medication would relieve the
headache pain the fastest. The doctors timed
how long it took the medication to work. What
is the IV?
A. Amount of damage
B. Type of dummy
C. Type of car
D. Type of crash
19. A scientist wanted to determine the color
flower that bees are most attracted to. She
placed different colors of the same type of
flower near each other and counted the
number of bees that visited each flower color.
What is the IV?

A. Headaches
B. Amount of medication
C. Types of pain reliever
D. Amount of time until pain was relieved
16. In a study about headaches, doctors gave
patients Alieve, Tylenol, Advil, and Excedrin, to
see which medication would relieve the
headache pain the fastest. The doctors timed
how long it took the medication to work. What
is the DV?
A. Type of flower
B. Color of flower
C. Type of bees
D. Number of bees
20. A scientist wanted to determine the color
flower that bees are most attracted to. She
placed different colors of the same type of
flower near each other and counted the
number of bees that visited each flower color.
What is the DV?

A. Headaches
A. Number of bees
B. Types of pain relievers
B. Type of flower
C. Amount of medication
C. Type of bees
D. Amount of time until pain was relieved
D. Color of flower
17. To test the safety of a car, crash tests will
test different types of cars in collision
situations. They want to determine in which
car the crash test dummy receives the least
amount of damage. What is the DV?

A. Amount of collisions

B. Number of dummies

C. Amount of damage to the car

D. Amount of damage to the dummy