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Chapters 1 and 2

Pregunta 1 de 54

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Which of the following is NOT a key characteristic of science?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Science focuses on explaining the natural world.

  • Science is based on the premise that things and events that happen occur in consistent patterns that
    are comprehensible through careful systematic study

  • Science can usefully examine and prove beliefs such as the existence of supernatural powers or
    beings.

  • Science is a process for producing knowledge which may be abandoned or modified in light of new evidence or reconceptualization of prior evidence and knowledge

  • C and D

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 54

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Science has certain characteristics, often referred to as __________________, that distinguish it from other ways of knowing and scientists are expected to apply certain ___________________ as they work.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • theories/facts

  • the nature of science/habits of mind

  • scientific literacy/scientific processes

  • inquiry/ethics

  • technology/scientific understanding

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 54

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According to the authors, which of the following is a reason science should be taught in elementary and middle school?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Science provides opportunities for children to develop math and language skills.

  • Science knowledge can be useful for all citizens in personal decision making and participation in civic and cultural affairs

  • Science experiences from the earliest grades are essential for helping children learn to think and
    understand.

  • The No Child Left Behind Act recognizes the importance of science instruction in elementary school.

  • All of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 54

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It is reasonable to consider an activity “science” if it exhibits which of the following characteristics?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It focuses on explaining the natural world.

  • It relies on evidence

  • It involves testable ideas.

  • It utilizes scientific behaviors

  • All the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 54

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The goal of science is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the same as the goal of technology.

  • to construct theories to explain or understand the natural world.

  • to make modifications in the world to meet human needs

  • to encourage Congress to pass legislation making the teaching of science in elementary and middle school mandatory for all states.

  • A and C

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 54

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Which of the following is part of the scientific approach to understanding the world?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Questioning, investigating, and observing what happens.

  • Trying to make sense of observations.

  • Using new knowledge to make predictions

  • Testing our predictions to see if our understanding is correct.

  • All of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 54

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Responding to growing concerns about the quality of education (including science education) for all students in our nation, Congress

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • published Science for All Americans in1989

  • developed Benchmarks for Science Literacy: Project 2061 in 1993

  • created the National Science Education Standards in 1997.

  • passed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2001

  • published Rising Above the Gathering Storm in 2006

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 54

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The Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the National Science Education Standards generally agree that there are four main themes that should be emphasized in elementary and middle school science. Which of the following is not one of them?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Scientific inquiry

  • Scientific knowledge

  • Attitudes and values that characterize science

  • Scientific ideas are unchanging

  • Science, technology, and society

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 54

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When new evidence is found that does not support a theory, scientists should:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • maintain their support for the theory

  • doubt the validity of the new evidence.

  • be willing to modify or let go of old ideas

  • assume that the universe has patterns, order and organization.

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 54

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An explanation of some aspect of the natural world that has undergone considerable testing and refinement is a

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • fact.

  • concept.

  • principle.

  • theory.

  • model.

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 54

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The Science Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP, 2008)
specifies content to be assessed by describing key facts, concepts, Principles, laws, and theories in three broad scientific disciplines:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • earth/space, zoology, and forces & motion

  • biology, geology, and chemistry.

  • physical, life, and earth/space.

  • meteorology, astronomy, and botany

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 54

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In examining the state of science education in elementary and middle schools in our nation, the National Research Council (NRC) panel in their report: Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K—8:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • critiqued and evaluated the standards movement

  • made recommendations about science education for the future

  • reviewed contemporary studies from psychologists and educators about how children developed understanding in science.

  • All of the above

  • A and B only

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 54

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Based on their examination, the NRC panel issued a call to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increase the K—12 science content taught and to emphasize the importance of knowing many facts in order to accumulate knowledge.

  • reduce the K—12 science content taught and to emphasize fewer well-chosen core concepts to focus more on understanding

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 54

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Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic of students who are proficient in science:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Can repair or program a computer.

  • Know, use, and interpret scientific information

  • Generate and evaluate scientific evidence, and explanations.

  • Understand the nature and development of scientific knowledge

  • Participate productively in scientific practices and discourse

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 54

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Your role as a teacher of science is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • to meet with students’ parents to find the root of their child’s misconceptions of the natural world.

  • to be the sage on the stage and lead your students down the narrow path of knowledge.

  • to help learners develop progressively more sophisticated explanations of natural phenomena over time

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 54

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The number of disciplinary core ideas in the framework

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • is numerous in order to assure coverage of the plethora of ideas in science.

  • is limited in order to avoid superficial coverage of too many disconnected topics.

  • allows for time to develop deeper investigations and understanding of important concepts.

  • A & C

  • B & C

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 54

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The goal of engineering is to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • study the natural world

  • study the supernatural world

  • design solutions to address human needs or desires.

  • keep scientists out of the picture.

  • All the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 54

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It’s often easier to learn when you have

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • an interest in the topic or skill to be learned

  • some familiarity with the topic or skill to be learned

  • excitement about the topic or skill you are learning.

  • all of the above.

  • A & B only

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 54

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The opportunity to learn about science and engineering should

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • be reserved for rural students as opposed to urban/suburban students because they have had more extensive, on-going experience with plants and animals.

  • be reserved for students in the top ten percent of their class because they have proven themselves to be high achievers.

  • be reserved for students from high income families because the parents can better provide their
    children with opportunities to further their education beyond 12th grade.

  • not be reserved for a privileged few.

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 54

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The framework committee recommended that K—12 science education in the United States should be organized around three unified dimensions. Those dimensions are:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • physical science, earth/space science, and life science.

  • inquiry-based learning, direct instruction, and discovery learning

  • scientific and engineering practices, cross-cutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas.

  • process skills, the 5-E lesson plan, and investigations.

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 54

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Models are representations of objects and interactions in a physical system. Models enable investigators to study phenomena that are difficult to study in the natural world. They can include

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • physical models such as model airplanes

  • mathematical models such as an equation

  • propositional models such as rules for how things interact

  • All of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 54

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In the Next Generation Science Standards, the second dimension of the framework is composed of big ideas, known as “crosscutting concepts” that are relevant across all science disciplines and engineering fields. They are reminiscent of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the “common themes” identified by Science for All Americans (AAAS, 1989).

  • the “common themes” identified by Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, 1993).

  • the “unifying concepts and processes” presented in the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996).

  • All of the above.

  • A & B only.

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 54

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The NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) are

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Mandated by the federal government

  • Curriculum

  • Student performance expectations

  • All of the above

  • A & B

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 54

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The National Academies of Science report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm (2006) stated that our global leadership position in science and technology is changing. Indicator/s of this is/are:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The United States has become a net importer of high-technology products.

  • Other nations are graduating considerably more engineers, computer scientists, and information technologists than the United States.

  • U. S. companies are locating factories in and outsourcing jobs to foreign countries due to lower labor costs and availability of highly trained scientists and engineers.

  • U.S. K—12 students lag behind students from other countries on international assessments in math
    and science.

  • All the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 54

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During the 1960’s science educators

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • identified a set of discrete skills called science process skill

  • thought children should memorize facts.

  • stated that science is best learned by doing science.

  • felt that children should learn processes.

  • A, C, & D.

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 54

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Which of the following is NOT a reason why teacher candidates should know and understand the science
process skills?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • There is no single accepted list of science process skills.

  • They appear in many current state frameworks of science standards.

  • Teacher candidates’ understanding of them is assessed on many certification exams.

  • They are useful tools for accomplishing inquiry tasks during the practice of science.

  • None of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 54

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If you plan to emphasize the science process skills, which of the following approaches would you use?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Teach for scientific and technological conceptual understanding.

  • Encourage students to explore and investigate to find answers to their questions.

  • Select an area of science and develop it from its historical roots up to the present

  • Select an elementary or middle school textbook and use it to develop your curriculum

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 54

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Observing

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time and observing the effect on a responding variable while holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question.

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 54

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Measuring

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time
    and observing the effect on a responding variable while
    holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 54

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Classifying

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time
    and observing the effect on a responding variable while
    holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question.

Explicación

Pregunta 31 de 54

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Inferring

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time
    and observing the effect on a responding variable while
    holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question.

Explicación

Pregunta 32 de 54

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Hypothesizing

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time
    and observing the effect on a responding variable while holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question

Explicación

Pregunta 33 de 54

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Communicating

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time
    and observing the effect on a responding variable while
    holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question.

Explicación

Pregunta 34 de 54

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Predicting

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time and observing the effect on a responding variable while
    holding all other variables constant

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question.

Explicación

Pregunta 35 de 54

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Experimenting

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Record observations, measurements, inferences, experiments,
    conclusions, etc., and present them to others.

  • Make a forecast of a possible outcome based on known
    patterns in data.

  • Draw a tentative conclusion about observations based on
    observations and prior knowledge.

  • Gather information using all appropriate senses and
    instruments that extend the senses.

  • Quantify variables using appropriate instruments and units
    (standard or nonstandard).

  • Investigate by deliberately manipulating one variable at a time and observing the effect on a responding variable while
    holding all other variables constant.

  • Group objects or organisms according to one or more common
    properties.

  • Make a statement to guide an investigation of a question

Explicación

Pregunta 36 de 54

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Observations are either _________________________ or __________________________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • fact/opinion

  • concepts/theories

  • qualitative/quantitative

  • inferences/predictions

  • All of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 37 de 54

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The difference between a guess and a prediction about the likelihood of a future event is the presence of

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • opportunity.

  • authority.

  • prior knowledge of patterns.

  • self-confidence.

  • all of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 38 de 54

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Children are most likely to use a combination of science processes when they use the process of

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • measuring

  • experimenting

  • inferring

  • communicating

Explicación

Pregunta 39 de 54

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“The leaf was green and had jagged edges.” This statement is an example of

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • a qualitative observation

  • an interpretive inference

  • a hypothesis

  • a prediction

  • a quantitative observation

Explicación

Pregunta 40 de 54

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A fourth grade class was studying the stretch of a rubber band when weights were added. The children added weights to the paper clip attached to the rubber band and measured the stretch of the rubber band using a ruler.

Which correctly identifies the manipulated and responding variables in this investigation?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Manipulated: ruler
    Responding: amount of weight added

  • Manipulated: width of rubber band
    Responding: stretch of rubber band

  • Manipulated: rubber band
    Responding: ruler

  • Manipulated: the amount of weight added
    Responding: the stretch of the rubber band

  • Manipulated: the stretch of the rubber band
    Responding; the width of the rubber band

Explicación

Pregunta 41 de 54

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A fourth grade class was studying the stretch of a rubber band when weights were added. The children added weights to the paper clip attached to the rubber band and measured the stretch of the rubber band using a ruler.

Which type of investigation is the one described above?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Descriptive

  • Classificatory

  • Experimental

  • Model

  • None of the above.

Explicación

Pregunta 42 de 54

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A fourth grade class was studying the stretch of a rubber band when weights were added. The children added weights to the paper clip attached to the rubber band and measured the stretch of the rubber band using a ruler.

What would be an appropriate hypothesis to guide the students’ investigation described above?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The thicker the rubber band, the less it will stretch when weights are added.

  • The greater the added weight, the greater the stretch of the rubber band.

  • The color of the rubber band determines how much it will stretch.

  • Rubber bands break when too much weight is added.

Explicación

Pregunta 43 de 54

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Students collected the following data in their rubber band investigation.
Mass of weights Added Total Stretch
0 g 0 cm
30 g 4 cm
60 g 8 cm
120 g 16 cm

Based on the data, what would be a reasonable prediction for the total stretch when 90 grams was added?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 3 cm

  • 6 cm

  • 12 cm

  • 20 cm

Explicación

Pregunta 44 de 54

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Students collected the following data in their rubber band investigation.
Mass of weights Added Total Stretch
0 g 0 cm
30 g 4 cm
60 g 8 cm
120 g 16 cm

Which of the following best describes the prediction of the total stretch when 90 grams was added?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It is an interpolation.

  • It is an extrapolation.

  • It is a guess.

  • It is an inference.

Explicación

Pregunta 45 de 54

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Students collected the following data in their rubber band investigation.
Mass of weights Added Total Stretch
0 g 0 cm
30 g 4 cm
60 g 8 cm
120 g 16 cm

Based on the data, what would be a reasonable prediction for the total stretch when 150 grams was added?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 3 cm

  • 6.cm

  • 12 cm

  • 20 cm

Explicación

Pregunta 46 de 54

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Students collected the following data in their rubber band investigation.
Mass of weights Added Total Stretch
0 g 0 cm
30 g 4 cm
60 g 8 cm
120 g 16 cm

Which of the following best describes the prediction of the total stretch when 150 grams was added?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It is an interpolation

  • It is an extrapolation

  • It is a guess.

  • It is an inference.

Explicación

Pregunta 47 de 54

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According to authors Contant, Bass, and Carin, science process skills

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • should be reserved for secondary science classes

  • should be treated as tools to be used in scientific inquiry.

  • should be taught in isolation in the absence of science content

  • are very different from the problem solving skills presented in other subject areas

Explicación

Pregunta 48 de 54

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You want to find out the effect of mass on the distance a toy truck will travel when it rolls down a ramp. Which of the following variables should be controlled in order to have a fair test?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Angle of the ramp

  • Release position of the truck

  • Surface the truck rolls on after it leaves the ramp

  • Whether or not the truck’s doors are open or closed

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 49 de 54

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The bread became moldy because it was damp. This statement is an example of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • an observation.

  • an inference.

  • a prediction.

  • a hypothesis.

  • None of these

Explicación

Pregunta 50 de 54

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Another name for the manipulated variable is the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • control variable.

  • dependent variable.

  • independent variable.

  • responding variable.

Explicación

Pregunta 51 de 54

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Bar Graphs

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Displays the number of times an event occurs in a
    large set.

  • Shows numerical data about variables that are related
    and continuous.

  • Shows differences in data collected.

Explicación

Pregunta 52 de 54

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Histograms

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Displays the number of times an event occurs in a
    large set.

  • Shows numerical data about variables that are related
    and continuous.

  • Shows differences in data collected.

Explicación

Pregunta 53 de 54

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Line Graphs

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Displays the number of times an event occurs in a
    large set.

  • Shows numerical data about variables that are related
    and continuous.

  • Shows differences in data collected.

Explicación

Pregunta 54 de 54

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Which investigation would you employ to answer the following focus question? “What different shapesof leaves grow on a sassafras tree”?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Descriptive Investigation

  • Classificatory Investigation

  • Experimental Investigation

  • Modeling Investigation

  • None of the above.

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