Starter quiz

  • Which of the following describes a scientist?
    Which of the following describes a scientist?
    • A person who helps bring new life into the world.
    • A person who keeps people safe and well in the world.
    • A person who finds answers to questions about the world by doing experiments.  ✓
  • What do astronomers study?
    • The rock beneath Earth’s surface.
    • The night sky, including stars and planets.  ✓
    • Star signs and predictions of the future.
    • Materials and their properties.
  • What is a variable?
    • Something that can be changed, measured or kept the same in an investigation.  ✓
    • Something that should never be changed in an investigation.
    • Something that can get hotter or colder in an investigation.
  • If you control a variable, what do you do to it?
    • change it
    • it depends on the investigation
    • nothing
    • keep it the same  ✓
  • Match the following key words to their description.
    • Observations ...
      are things which you notice using your senses. ✓
    • Predictions ...
      are statements describing what you think will happen. ✓
    • Conclusions ...
      are statements describing what the results mean.  ✓
  • What is at the centre of our solar system?
    What is at the centre of our solar system?
    • Earth’s moon
    • Earth
    • the Sun  ✓
    • people
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