Experimental Design

Front

Jeff is 6 feet 2 inches is a ___________ assessment

Back

Quantitative

Front

The cake has a sweet smell is a _______ assessment.

Back

Qualitative

Front

The type of variable that you change or manipulate in an experiment. It is what you are testing.

Back

Independent

Front

The type of variable that responds to the experiment and is what you measure to determine if your hypothesis is true.

Back

Dependent

Front

The parts of the experiment that must be kept the same.

Back

Constants

Front

Identify the independent variable: If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller.

Back

The amount of water

Front

Dependent variable in: If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller.

Back

The height of the plant.

Front

If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller. Which of these is not a constant?

• The amount of soil.
• The pot size.
• The type of plant.
• The amount of water.

Back

The amount of water.

Front

Which of these is not an observation? Options: There are footprints., The person was dizzy., The footprints are black., There are dots.

Back

The person was dizzy.

Front

When you make a prediction based upon your observations, it is called a/an _____________.

Back

Inference