Experimental Design

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

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Independent

Front

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

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Dependent

Front

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

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Constants

Front

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

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The height of the plant.

Front

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

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The person was dizzy.

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Which of these is a quantitative assessment? He is tall, Ha jumps high, He wears 23, He is 6 feet 8 inches tall

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He is 6 feet 8 inches tall

Front

Which is a qualitative assessment? Options: He is 6 feet 8 inches tall., He weighs 265 lbs., He is strong., He wears a size 13 shoe.

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He is strong.

Front

In Maya's experiment on lima bean growth, what variable should be changed? Options: the amount of water, the kind of plant, the type of soil, the amount of sunlight it gets.

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the amount of water

Front

What tool should Anthony use to measure how much time it takes for the sugar to dissolve?

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stopwatch

Front

What tool does Xavier need to measure how far the car goes each time? Options: ruler, beaker, graduated cylinder, stopwatch

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ruler