Are You Smarter than an 8th Grader?

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4th Grade EasyAn experiment is:

A)A scientific procedure done to test a variable or to prove something.

B) A collection of deer antlers

C) A wind that blows to the north.

4th Grade Easy

An experiment is:

A)A scientific procedure done to test a variable or to prove something.

5th Grade EasyWhen doing an experiment you need to:

A) Act rowdy

B) Follow all safety precautions

C) Not pay attention

5th Grade Easy

When doing an experiment you need to:

B) Follow all safety precautions

6th Grade EasyHow much liquid is in this graduated cylinder?

6th Grade Easy AnswerHow much liquid is in this graduated cylinder?

19 mL

7th Grade Easy

True or False? A Hypothesis can be wrong.

True

False

7th Grade Easy Answer

True or False? A Hypothesis can be wrong.

True

8th Grade EasyWhat is the first step of the scientific process?

a. Hypothesis

b. Conclusion

c. Analysis

d. Problem

e. Experiment

8th Grade Easy AnswerWhat is the first step of the scientific process?

a.

b.

c.

d. Problem

e.

4th Grade Medium

What is a hypothesis?A) The answer to the problem

B) A question about the experiment

C) An educated guess about what will happen.

D) A part of the space-time continuum.

4th Grade Medium Answer

What is a hypothesis?

C) An educated guess about what you think will happen in

an experiment.

5th Grade Medium

How long is this pencil?

5th Grade Medium Answer

Acceptable answers

19.7, 19.8, 19.9

6th Grade Medium

Why is it important to write down all the steps of your experiment? A) In case someone wants to repeat the experiment

B) So you can keep track of what you did

C) To make sure you designed the experiment properly

D) All of the above.

6th Medium AnswerWhy is it important to write down all the steps of your experiment? A) In case someone wants to repeat the experiment

B) So you can keep track of what you did

C) To make sure you designed the experiment properly

D) All of the above.

7th Grade Medium

What punctuation should always be at the end of your problem?

7th Grade Medium Answer

You should always state the problem as a question with a question mark.

8th Grade MediumHow should you show your results?

a. Write them on a separate sheet, but don’t turn them in

b. Make a table or chart to show the results

c. Write it on a scratch piece of paper

8th Grade Medium AnswerWhat is a control group in an experiment?

a. A group that the teacher will not let do the experiment?

b. A group that does not have the main variable applied to it so it can be compared to everything else.

c. A group that has three variables applied to it in one experiment.

4th grade difficult

What are the five steps of the scientific process in order?

4th Grade Difficult Answer

The five steps of the scientific process are:

1. State the problem2. Form a hypothesis3. Experiment4. Analyze the results of the experiment.5. Draw a conclusion

5th Grade Difficult

5th Grade Difficult Answer

.9 centimeters

6th Grade DifficultWhich should you include in your final conclusion?

a. Tell whether your hypothesis was correct

b. Explain the steps of the experiment

c. Make an educated guess

6th Grade Difficult AnswerWhich should you include in your final conclusion?

a. Tell whether your hypothesis was correct

7th Grade DifficultAbout how long is a regular paperclip?

a. 30 cm

b. 19 cm

c. .3 cm

d. 3.2 cm

7th Grade Difficult AnswerAbout how long is a regular paperclip?

a. 30 cm

b. 19 cm

c. .3 cm

d. 3.2 cm

8th Grade DifficultHow long is this?

8th Grade Difficult Answer

15.6 - Only answer

4th Grade ChallengeBob tests light bulbs. Bulb A burns out after 76 hours, Bulb B burns out after 84 hours, and Bulb C burns out after 32 hours.

Bob concludes that bulb B burns brighter than all the others.

Is Bob’s conclusion correct/valid?

4th Grade Challenge Answer

Bob’s conclusion is not correct because his experiment did not test each bulb’s brightness. It only tested how long each bulb would last.

5th Grade Challenge QuestionHow much water is in the graduated cylinder?

5th Grade Challenge Answer

6th Grade Challenge QuestionWhat is the temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius?

6th Grade Challenge Answer

7th Grade Challenge QuestionIn the following experiment, tell what the problem is.

I want to figure out if a brightly colored shirt attracts more bugs than a regular shirt. I use a bright green, bright yellow, bright orange, and a black t-shirt for my experiment. In the experiment I check to see how many bugs land on each t-shirt during a one hour period.

Green = 14, Yellow = 10, Orange = 27, Black = 5

7th Grade Challenge QuestionIn the following experiment, tell what the control is and draw a conclusion.

Do brightly colored shirts attract more bugs?

8th Grade Challenge QuestionState the conclusion to this experiment if your hypothesis was for Office Depot cartridges.

Bob wants to figure out which printer cartridge lasts the longest in his Canon printer. He buys the Office Depot brand ink, the Canon brand ink, and a cartridge from the Internet. He tests each cartridge by printing off pages from Tolstoy’s War and Peace webpage. He counts how many pages each cartridge prints before it runs out of ink.

O.D. = 135 pgs Canon = 145 pgs Internet = 140 pgs

8th Grade Challenge

My hypothesis was incorrect. The Canon cartridges can print the most pages.

The Grand Finale

Create an experiment:1. Name the problem2. Tell what you are doing in the exp.3. Name the independent variable4. Name the dependent variable5. Name the control group

Grand Finale Answer

1878