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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) is this experiment?
"Does eating breakfast improve test score?"eating breakfast or notthe grade you got on the testwhat time you get up in the morninghow tasty the breakfast is - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?
"Do tall people jump further than short people?"height of the personweight of the personhow fast the person runshow far the person jumps - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?the paper usedthe type of paper airplanethe distance of each plane's flighthow hard the plane is thrown
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe variable that is being tested or changedindependent variabledependent variablecontrol variable
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe variable that is being measuredindependent variabledependent variablecontrol variable
- 6. Multiple Choicethe variable that is changed by the scientist at the beginning of the experimentindependent variabledependent variablecontrol variable
- 7. Multiple Choicethe variable that is observed at the end of the experimentindependent variabledependent variablecontrol variable
- 8. Multiple ChoiceScientific Question: Will a person fall asleep faster if they listen to music?
What is the independent variable?musictime to fall asleepperson - 9. Multiple ChoiceScientific Question: Will a person fall asleep faster if they listen to music?
What is the dependent variable?musictime to fall asleepperson - 10. Multiple ChoiceScientific Question: Does the type of sneaker you wear affect how fast you can run?
What is the independent variable?type of sneakerhow fast you runperson - 11. Multiple ChoiceScientific Question: Does the type of sneaker you wear affect how fast you can run?
What is the dependent variable?type of sneakerhow fast you runperson - 12. Multiple ChoiceScientific Question: Does the type of sneaker you wear affect how fast you can run?
What is the control variable?type of sneakerhow fast you runperson - 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the control?what we are changing or testingwhat we are observing or measuringwhat we keep the same to make the experiment fair
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.Diameter of the ballForce acting on the ballHeight that the ball bouncesHeight from which the ball is dropped
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of these variables is an example of qualitative data?
Color of the leaves
Height of plant
Temperature of the soil
Amount of water
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of these variables is an example of quantitative data?
Color of the leaves
Height of plant
Gender
Presence of flowers
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhen experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?DependentIndependentControlCompound
- 18. Multiple ChoiceResearch Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?Type of gasolinewhich car the gas is put intohow fast the car can drivehow much gas is put into the car
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIf I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller. Name the independent variable.The height of the plantThe size of the potThe amount of waterThe amount of light.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIf I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller. Name the dependent variable.The amount of water.The amount of soil.The height of the plant.The amount of water.
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