Science Skills

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Chapter 1 Science Skills Chapter Test A
Physical Science ■ Chapter 1 Test A 1
Multiple Choice
Write the letter that best answers the question or completes the statement on
the line provided.
1. How are science and technology related?
a. Technology is a branch of natural science.
b. Science is a branch of technology.
c. Advances in science may lead to advances in technology
and vice versa.
d. Science and technology are not related.
2. How does Earth science overlap with life science?
a. Earth science involves the study of Earth’s rocks.
b. Earth science involves the study of systems that may
include living organisms.
c. Earth science involves the study of the composition of
matter.
d. Earth science does not overlap with life science.
3. What are the building blocks of all matter?
a. forces b. atoms
c. magnetic fields d. kinetic and potential energy
4. What happens when the data in an investigation do not
support the original hypothesis?
a. The scientist gives up and starts an investigation on a
new topic.
b. The data must be incorrect and are thrown out.
c. The hypothesis will be revised.
d. The data are altered so that they support the original
hypothesis.
5. Which of the following statements is true about scientific
theories?
a. Scientific theories become scientific laws.
b. Scientific theories are never proven.
c. Scientific theories become hypotheses.
d. Scientific theories summarize patterns found in nature.
6. Why are scientific models important?
a. They prove scientific theories.
b. They help visualize things that are very complex, very
large, or very small.
c. They make it harder to understand things.
d. They never change.