Select whether each of these questions is scientific or nonscientific.Does my dog like me?
Suppose you observe a bird with a very broad and thick beak. You want to know why the bird’s beak is shaped that way. How could you begin to use the scientific inquiry process to explore this question? Check all of the boxes that apply.
Two identical bean plants are grown next to each other. They receive the same amount of water and sunlight. One plant is covered with a green, light-filtering plastic cover, and the other with a clear plastic cover. Measurements of the bean plants’ heights are recorded every day for two weeks.
In which part of a lab report would the following sentence most likely occur?“Since the data showed that the growth of the fruit flies was not affected by the temperature, the hypothesis was not supported.”
Are bats blind?
The student writes a lab report detailing the experimental procedure and results.
Which part of a lab report would most likely show a line graph of the data collected?
What do fish eat?
The bean plant grown under the green filter will grow taller than the bean plant grown under unfiltered sunlight.
Which part of a lab report would list the steps for completing the experiment?
Do unicorns really exist?
Green light makes plants grow taller.
Can bees communicate by doing a special dance?
The measurements show that the plant grown in natural sunlight grew taller than the green-filtered plant. So green light does not make plants grow taller.
Plants are colored green, so maybe they grow more in green light.
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