Summative Test

Science 7
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer then write the letter of your choice on a sheet of paper.
1. What describes a scientific method?
A. A way scientist makes problems and asks questions.
B. A way scientist answer questions and solve problems
C. A way scientist does not have an answer to problems
D. A way scientist hides the solution to a problem.
2. What do you call a written statement using “if, then”?
A. A data C. A problem
B. A hypothesis D. An information
3. What is the last step in the scientific method?
A. Communication of results
B. Drawing out a conclusion
C. Hypothesis formation
D. Making observations
4. What do you call a process skill where you design an investigation, including a procedure, to test a hypothesis?
A. Communicating C.Experimenting
B. Formulating a hypothesis D. Interpreting a data
5. What do you call this kind of observation that uses your senses to observe results?
A. investigative C.quantitative
B. qualitative D.reflective
6. What do you call this kind of observation that uses instruments like ruler, balances, and thermometers?
A. reflective C. quantitative
B. qualitative D. investigative
7. What do you call the manipulated variable, or the variable in an experiment that you control?
A. constant C. dependent
B. control group D. independent
8. What do you call the responding variable, or the variable you don’t control?
A. constant C. dependent
B. control group D. independent
9. What do you call this group in an experiment serves as the standard comparison where no treatment is applied?
A. constant C. dependent
B. control group D. independent
10. Which of the following is the correct order of the steps of the scientific method?
A. Questions, hypothesis, experiment, interpreting results and making conclusions
B. Observations, questions, hypothesis, experiment, interpreting results and making conclusions
C. Observations, questions, predictions, experiment, interpreting results and making conclusions
D. Questions, hypothesis, predictions, experiment, and interpreting results and making conclusions
11. When should you make a hypothesis?
A. Before you do an experiment
B. While you do an experiment
C. After you do an experiment
D. There is no good time to make an experiment

12. Lying in bed you notice that you get cold every time your brother opens the door. This is most closely associated
with which step in the scientific method?
A. Drawing conclusion
B. Developing a test
C. Forming a hypothesis
D. Making observation
13. Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
A. If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen.
B. If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
C. Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.
D. If I heat a tennis ball it will bounce high.
14. Which question would be the best high level scientific question?
A. Does the amount of salt in water affect the temperature at which it boils?
B. How long ago did dinosaurs live on the earth?
C. How many giraffes live in Africa?
D. Who made the first microscope?
15. Your teacher has asked you to explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative observations. Which
statement is correct?
A. Quantitative observations use counting numbers, qualitative uses the senses.
B. Quantitative observations use the senses, qualitative uses numbers.
C. Quantitative observations use measurement, qualitative uses the senses.
D. Quantitative observations use colors, qualitative uses the senses.
16. Connie is the most graceful dancer in the class while Ana has the most beautiful voice among singers in the class.
A. Qualitative observation
B. Quantitative observation
C. Both
D. Neither
17. Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
A. Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.
B. If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.
C. If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
D. If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen.
18. A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer,
Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control
group?
A. Plant C
B. Plant B
C. Plant A
D. Plant B and C
19. Athena wanted to know which of the three types of soil (clay, sandy and loamy), would be best for growing
beans. She planted bean seedlings in three pots of the same size, but having different soil types. The pots were
placed near a sunny window after pouring the same amount of water in them. The bean plants were examined at
the end of ten days. Differences in their growth were recorded. Which factor do you think made a difference in
the growth rates of the bean seedlings?
A. The type of soil used. C. The amount of chlorophyll present.
B. The amount of sunlight available. D. The temperature of the surroundings
20. A farmer raises chickens in cages. He noticed that some chickens lay more eggs than others. Another farmer tells
him that, the amount of food and water given to chicken, and the weight of chicken, affect the number of eggs
they lay. Which of the following is NOT likely to be a factor that affects the number of eggs laid by the
chickens?
A. The weight of the chickens.
B. The amount of water given to the chickens
C. The amount of food given to the chickens.
D. The size of the cage where the eggs are laid.