QUESTION AND ANSWERING TECHNIQUE FOR SCIENCE (PAPER 2 / SECTION B)
Question Question key Steps Answer key
PURPOSE / AIM • What is the purpose of • Determine the purpose of doing the
carrying out this activity? activity. • To investigate the relationship between the
• Why do we need to do this • Identify what is needed to know.
(T2C) and (T2M)
investigation? • To find out if / whether … needs (T2C) to…
• Understand the details of the
• What is the aim of this information. • To find out the importance of (T2C) to…
investigation? • To prove that…needs (T2C) to…
• State the purpose of this • To study the basic needs of …
activity? • To determine the….and the…
• Why do we need to design • To analyse the effect of (T2C) and (T2M)
this fair test?
• What do you want to find
out from this fair test?
PREDICTION • What happens if…? • The process of guessing what will • Predict the number
• Predict what will happen happen based on • Predict the situation
to….after…. observation/information/ data/ or • E.g.:
• Guess the changes/ previous experience. - 10kg, 1 hour
condition of if/after… • Analyse the observation given or - Will grow healthy / be extinct / stay alive
the results. due
to ….
• Make sure the answer ask to
predict the previous or future results.
• Look at the pattern.
• Find the uniformly arrange pattern.
• From the pattern arrangement,
predict your answer.
MAKING What is your inference.. • An early conclusion/ explanation • If x comparing;
INFERENCES Give reason for your answer from an observation why it happen - give E.g.:
in …. reasons. The …can/will/get … because the …. is....
a) observation + why The plant getting withered because ….
b) observation + cause a) didn’t get enough..
c) relates observation with cause b) didn’t get any…
• Usually our previous knowledge c) didn’t get the right amount of…
and experience will influence the d) there is no..
conclusion. • If comparing;
• Observe the phenomenon/object E.g.:
before and after -using our senses. -…because…compare to…..(comparing)
• Think why it happens – using our -.…because ….it is ….. than ….
mind.
Question Question key Steps Answer key
OBSERVATION • What is your observation • Use our 5 senses e.g eyes, nose, ear, • From the picture/figure/table/graph
from the skin and mouth. above, I can see….
picture/graph/table • Identify all the information given. • The…looks ….
above? • Do not give reason.
• What can you see from
the diagram?
• What can you say about
the figure above?
CONTROLLING If you want to make this • List out all variables involved.
VARIABLES activity a fair test /
If you want to make the test
• Understand the details of the information.
fair, • Identify the variables.
what are; • Identify the relationship between the 1. Same type/size/ amount / volume of…
information.
[Link] to keep the same:
-the same thing
(more than 1 – controlled/
constant/fixed)
2. The presence/existence/absence of..
2. Thing to change: (the differences / not the same)
- different/not the same
(1 only - manipulated/
independent)
3. Things to measured / 3. The condition of…after….(the
observed: investigation)
-the results/findings
(responding/ dependent)
MAKING • Hypotheses • General statement about objects/ • The higher (T2C) the lower the (T2M).
HYPHOTESES • Results phenomenon based on an observation
• The bigger/ the smaller
• The relationship whether it is true of false till it can be tested • The longer/ the shorter
before carry out the fair test.
• What do you understand.. • The thicker / the thinner
• Hypotheses are built based on the
inference.
• The more / the least
• The wider / the more
• It relates between T2C and T2M
Question Question key Steps Answer key
TREND / • State the changes • Observe the trend/ pattern arrangement Increasing:
PATTERN /trend/ pattern • Identify the differences -From small getting bigger or larger
-From lower became higher
Decreasing:
- From bigger/larger getting smaller
- From higher getting lower
Did not change
Consistent
Evenly
Uniformly
CONCLUSION • What can you conclude • The results/findings from an activity/ fair • When / If…..
from this activity/fair test. test • …..needs….to…..
• State your conclusion • It relates between T2C and T2M • From the fair test, we found out
based on the activity/fair that/can understand….
test. • From the activity, we can conclude the
• What the result means? relationship between…
• What have you learnt from • The…of….relies / depends on the
this activity? condition/length of….
• The… was influence by/due to the…