A. Directions: Choose The Letter of The Correct Answer. Write Your Answers On A Separate
A. Directions: Choose The Letter of The Correct Answer. Write Your Answers On A Separate
A. Directions: Choose The Letter of The Correct Answer. Write Your Answers On A Separate
Our modern world evolves from the simple to the most advance
environment. From clay tablets developed by Sumerians to the high tech
laser printers used in printing bulky books in the National bookstores.
This possibly happens not because Gods made them so but because
humans are rational beings. This also means that we are designed to
Sumerian tablet depicting Enki in
think and find solutions to the problems we encountered. the creation myth. ( world-myth.com)
In this Unit, you will describe the components of a scientific investigation. With this, you can
demonstrate scientific ways of acquiring knowledge and solving problems. You can also be able to
perform in groups on guided investigation involving community –based problems using locally
available materials.
PRE-TEST
A. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate
sheet.
1. How is a hypothesis tested?
a. by using the hypothesis to make predictions about a system.
b. by comparing observations in nature with predictions
c. by conducting an experiment and looking for results
d. All of the above
2. Which of the following statements would be true of the scientific method?
a. People structure their lives on the principle of scientific method.
b. The scientific method is a continuous process by which people learn about his world.
c. Scientists report the experimental results, but not the experimental design.
d. When the results of the experiment do not fit the hypothesis, a scientist may discard
the results and stop the experiment.
3. Suppose your mother sent you to the market to buy fruits and vegetables. How would you
choose good quality fruits and vegetables?
a. Ask the vendor to choose it for you.
b. Examine the fruit if it is free from insect bites and the smell of insecticide.
c. Just get any kind and pay right away.
d. Tell your mother that you do not know how to buy good quality fruits and vegetables.
4. When scientists wish to communicate the results of their research, they are most likely to
do which of the following?
a. immediately repeat the research
b. call a press conference
c. write a concise report with complete results and proofs to the experiments performed
and formulate conclusions
d. sell their findings to other researchers
5. During an experiment about a coin and feather that were dropped at the same time, it
was found that the coin reached the ground first. One student said: “Maybe, the coin is
heavier than the feather.” What do you call this kind of statement?
a. a problem b. a hypothesis c. an interpretation d. a conclusion
B. Identification. For Numbers 6 – 10, identify what science processes are revealed in the
following statements: Write your answer on the space provided after the number.
inferring observation
C. Directions: Read the following story, and then follow the directions below. A science
student conducted a study of the ability of vertebrate blood to carry oxygen. He believed that
a low environmental temperature would cause the organism's blood to carry less oxygen than
blood at a higher temperature. The following reflects the student’s experiment and the data he
collected.
Two tanks of salt water, each containing 25 gallons, were set up in the lab.
Each tank was filled with the same types of organisms (Tilapia and Carp).
The same type of aerators was added to each tank to supply dissolved oxygen to the
fish.
To one of the tanks, marked TANK A, the temperature was decreased at increments of
5 degrees C every 20 minutes.
The second tank, marked TANK B, the temperature was raised at increments of 5
degrees C every 20 minutes.
Blood was removed from each of the fish and measured for its oxygen content.
Below are the results from the above experiment
1. What is the hypothesis of the above experiment?
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4. Graph the data above and then answer the questions that follow.
The scientific method requires observations of nature to formulate and test hypotheses
through experimentation. The record data from the experiment will determine the correctness
of your hypothesis. Further observation and experimentation are needed if the hypothesis is
incorrect.