ASSESTMENT
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE (10 points)
Read each statement carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is the systematic use of the scientific method in studying problems.
a. scientific process
b. scientific investigation
c. scientific method
d. science
2. When a chemist performs an experiment, the factors is being tested is called
the______.
a. control
b. variable
c. hypothesis
d. theory
3. What do you call the explanation of the general principles of certain phenomena
with considerable evidence or facts to support it?
a. control
b. variable
c. hypothesis
d. theory
4. What step in the process of scientific investigation does reading books and other
sources of information fall under?
a. experimenting
b. hypothesizing
c. interpreting
d. reviewing literature
5. What is the statement that answers the question posed at the start of the
investigation?
a. conclusion
b. generalization
c. hypothesis
d. interpretation
6. What do you called when you make an educated guess of the solution to the
problem based on the gathered data or facts?
a. experimenting
b. hypothesizing
c. interpreting
d. reviewing literature
7. What step in the process of scientific investigation does understanding the
gathered data?
a. experimenting
b. hypothesizing
c. interpreting
d. reviewing literature
8. What type of variable referred to as the treatment and are usually manipulated,
modified, or selected to be the cause of an observable behavior?
a. variable
b. extraneous variable
c. dependent variable
d. independent variable
9. What type of variable referred to factors that are the effects of the treatment
introduced to the experiment?
a. variable
b. extraneous variable
c. dependent variable
d. independent variable
10. What type of variable referred to factors that need to be kept the same in all
treatments or set-ups of the experiment?
a. variable
b. extraneous variable
c. dependent variable
d. independent variable