1.-What does a scientist do?

A)._Use research and experiments to learn more about the natural world.
B)._Use a bike to travel around the city.
C)._Use an iPod to communicate with friends.

Analyzing Elements of the Scientific Method

Read the following statements and then answer the questions using the numbers.

1.-You and your friend are in the playground during recess time, at 10:30 AM.

2.-You notice that is a bright sunny day.

3.-You also notice that there are many beautiful flowers around the playground.

4.-You further notice that there is the same plant on a flower pot on your teacher’s desk.

5.-Your friend looks at the flowers in the playground and says, “How come the plants in the
playground have more flowers than the one inside the classroom?”

6.-You answer, “I think that the sunlight helps the plant to grow more flowers.”

7.-You go on to say, “ I think that if we take the teacher’s plant and put it under the
sunlight, the plant will grow more flowers”.

8.-Your friend asks, “How can you be so sure?” you answer, “let’s asks the teacher to take
the plants under the sunlight and see what happens!

A)._In which statement is a prediction made?

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B)._Which statement states a problem?
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C)._In which statement is an experiment described?
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D)._Which statements contain a hypothesis?
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E)._Which statement contains data?
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F)._Which statement describes observations?
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 10.-What is technology?

A)._The use of knowledge to create tools and processing actions, and products that solve
problems and make life easier.
B)._Collection of tools.
C)._A lifestyle.

11.-What is the design process?

A)._A recipe
B)._A set of steps for developing products and process that solve problems.
C)._A graphic to show results.

12.-Which one is an example on how technology mimics living things?

A)._Some people use prosthetic limbs to help them do everyday tasks.

B)._To Work in a big company.

13.-What living thing has technology imitated to create the helicopter?

A)._Dragon fly
B)._Conifers
C)._Ducks

14.-Choose from the word bank to complete the graphic organizer of Design Process.

TEST & EVALUATE SHARE SOLUTION IDENTIFY PROBLEM REDEISIGN BUILD

BRAINSTORM DESIGN
15.-Classify the materials from the word bank on the chart.

Wood_Plastic_Cotton_Leather_Marble_Porcelain_Paper_Silk_Glass_Concrete

NATURAL MATERIAL ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL

16.-Define Heat

A)._A form of energy

B)._Speed
C)._A song

17.-When objects vibrate, they produce__________________

A)._Sound
B)._Light
C)._Heat

18.-__________________is a form of energy that allow us to see things.

A)._Sound
B)._Light
C)._Heat

19.-___________________is a form of energy.

A)._Sound
B)._Light
C)._Heat
20.-Order the food chain.

Eagle Grass Frog Snake Grasshopper

1._ _____________________
2._ ______________________
3.________________________
4._______________________
5._______________________

21.-Dolphins move by…

A)._Flying
B)._Walking
C)._Swimming
D)._Jumping

22.-A rabbit is_______________animal.

A)._An Omnivore
B)._A Herbivore
C)._A Carnivore

23.-The leaves of cacti plants are:

A)._Flowers
B)._Spines
C)._Seeds
D)._Stem

24._Conifers, mosses, and ferns are examples of nonflowering plants.

A)._True
B)._False

25.-________________________is the introduction of contaminants into the

natural environment that cause adverse change.

A)._Ecosystem
B)._Water
C)._Pollution
D)._Wood