Adaptation Answers

Amy was observing the growth of five kinds of flowering plants on a windowsill. She noticed that some of the flowers on some of the plants turned toward the sun during the day, but the flowers on other plants did not turn toward the sun. She asked the following question.“Why do living things sometimes change direction?”Why is Amy’s question not a very good scientific question?

Which question could be tested in a scientific manner?

Look at this photo of an insect.What is a scientific question that can be asked about the insect in the photo?

Why is this a scientific question?“Do people perform better on exams when they wear their favorite color?”

Look at this picture of a whale shark.Which question about whale sharks is nonscientific?

The human genome project identified the sequence of base pairs in human DNA and identified several genes. Which question would least likely lead to a scientific investigation based on these findings?

Which question is a nonscientific question?

What is a scientific question?

Which sentence correctly states whether a question is scientific, and provides a correct explanation?“Is the lifespan of snowshoe hares, which are white in the winter and brown in the summer, affected by levels of winter snowfall?”

A question about a moral issue