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Look at this picture of a whale shark.Which question about whale sharks is nonscientific?

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What do whale sharks eat?
B
How big is the average whale shark’s mouth?
C
Does a whale shark like having a large mouth?
D
What happens to the water that enters a whale shark’s mouth?
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Look at this picture.What is a scientific question that could be asked about the picture?

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Does the butterfly primarily visit orange flowers?
B
What color are the butterfly’s stripes?
C
What kind of butterfly is shown?
D
Why did the butterfly land?
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The human genome project identified the sequence of base pairs in human DNA and identified several genes. Which question would least likely lead to a scientific investigation based on these findings?

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Are certain humans more likely to develop genetic diseases?
B
How can DNA be used to identify criminals?
C
Can drugs be developed to target certain genes?
D
Should there be laws to protect DNA information?
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Which question could be tested in a scientific manner?

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What causes some people to be color-blind?
B
Why should people be nice to other people?
C
Why is the color purple better than the color red?
D
What are the best shoes to wear when exercising?
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What is a scientific question?

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a question that is asked by scientists only
B
a question that is based on observations and that is testable
C
a question that is broad and that reinforces existing knowledge
D
a question that has a simple answer that doesn’t need to be tested
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Which sentence correctly states whether a question is scientific, and provides a correct explanation?“Is the lifespan of snowshoe hares, which are white in the winter and brown in the summer, affected by levels of winter snowfall?”

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Yes, because the question is specific.
B
No, because the question cannot be tested in a laboratory.
C
Yes, because the question has already been answered.
D
No, because the question does not lead to a hypothesis.
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Look at this photo of an insect.What is a scientific question that can be asked about the insect in the photo?

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What color is the insect?
B
How many species of insects are there?
C
What does the insect resemble most?
D
How does the insect’s appearance affect its survival?
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Why is this considered a nonscientific question?“What color is a great horned owl?”

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The question reflects an opinion.
B
The question addresses a gap in knowledge.
C
The question does not require testing to answer.
D
The question asks about phenomena that cannot be measured.
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Which question about dinosaurs is a scientific question?

A
Should scientists try to clone dinosaurs from DNA remains?
B
Is the skeletal structure of a tyrannosaurus or brontosaurus more interesting?
C
How big was the average velociraptor?
D
Why do people believe that dinosaurs existed?
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Most scientific questions are based on

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opinions.
B
hypotheses.
C
observations.
D
experimental data.
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A scientist performs an investigation and discovers that increased temperature decreases the number of offspring that an organism produces. Then, the scientist asks a new question about the impact of climate change on the species because

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the scientist’s first question was not a scientific question.
B
the scientist modified the hypothesis for the investigation.
C
the results of the investigation led to new scientific questions.
D
questions about the impact of temperature reflect an opinion.
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A scientist conducted an investigation about the effects of diet on disease resistance in mice and made surprising observations. The mice with a genetic ear mutation seemed to show similar patterns of resistance compared to mice with normal ears. Based on this information, what will the scientist most likely do next?

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She will perform a second investigation on the role of certain genes in disease resistance.
B
She will revise her hypothesis to pertain to mutations rather than diet, and update her data accordingly.
C
She will use this information to determine that her original question was nonscientific, so she will revise it.
D
She will determine that her hypothesis was not supported because resistance must be genetic.

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