EOC Practice Test 1 Nature of Science
Questions and Answers | Fall 2026 |
100% Correct
A science teacher divided her class into four groups and asked each group
to submit an idea for an experimental project in Earth science, complete
with independent and dependent variables. The groups submitted their
ideas with the following titles:
Group W: "The History of Solar Power in the State of Florida"
Group X: "A Model of the Hawaiian Volcano Mauna Loa"
Group Y: "The Effects of Plant Growth on the Amount of Soil Erosion"
Group Z: "How Many Types of Soil Are Present at Our School?"
Based on the titles, which group most likely designed an experimental
project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Group Z
, Why is a hypothesis important to a scientific investigation? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔without a hypothesis, you have no statement to which you can compare
your results to in order for you to determine what those results mean.
A science teacher asks his students to write a hypothesis, for an Earth
science project, that clearly contains both an independent and dependent
variable. Which statement meets these conditions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A rock
that is mostly tale will have a low score on the Mohs hardness scale.
A science class puts a rain gauge outside of the classroom window to
measure the amount of rain in centimeters (cm) that falls each month. The
table shows the data the class collected.
Month
Rainfall (cm)
November
4.72
December
6.05
Questions and Answers | Fall 2026 |
100% Correct
A science teacher divided her class into four groups and asked each group
to submit an idea for an experimental project in Earth science, complete
with independent and dependent variables. The groups submitted their
ideas with the following titles:
Group W: "The History of Solar Power in the State of Florida"
Group X: "A Model of the Hawaiian Volcano Mauna Loa"
Group Y: "The Effects of Plant Growth on the Amount of Soil Erosion"
Group Z: "How Many Types of Soil Are Present at Our School?"
Based on the titles, which group most likely designed an experimental
project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Group Z
, Why is a hypothesis important to a scientific investigation? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔without a hypothesis, you have no statement to which you can compare
your results to in order for you to determine what those results mean.
A science teacher asks his students to write a hypothesis, for an Earth
science project, that clearly contains both an independent and dependent
variable. Which statement meets these conditions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A rock
that is mostly tale will have a low score on the Mohs hardness scale.
A science class puts a rain gauge outside of the classroom window to
measure the amount of rain in centimeters (cm) that falls each month. The
table shows the data the class collected.
Month
Rainfall (cm)
November
4.72
December
6.05
