Identifying Variables

Front

What type of variable is the water when experimenting with the growth of a plant using three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water?

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Control

Front

What type of variable is the fertilizer when experimenting with the growth of a plant using three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water?

Back

Independent

Front

In an experiment to determine what type of acid is the MOST corrosive (destructive), which of these would NEED to be a controlled variable? Options: The acids used, The material the acid is poured on, The size of the hole created by the acid

Back

The material the acid is poured on

Front

What is the INDEPENDENT variable in an experiment testing the effectiveness of different types of paper airplanes?

Back

the type of folds made

Front

This is the manipulated variable, or the variable you control.

Back

Independent

Front

This is the responding variable, or the variable you don't control.

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Dependent

Front

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?
"Does eating breakfast improve test score?"
Options: eating breakfast or not, the grade you got on the test, what time you get up in the morning, how tasty the breakfast is

Back

the grade you got on the test

Front

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment? "Do tall people jump further than short people?"

Back

how far the person jumps

Front

What is the INDEPENDENT variable (cause) in this experiment?
"Which type of metal, copper or aluminum, conducts heat faster?"
Options: size of metal, types of metal, time it takes to heat up, shape of the metal

Back

types of metal

Front

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.

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