Controlled Experiments

What is a controlled experiment?

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What are we going to learn today?

• About Biotechnology

• More Science Research

• The Scientific Method

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why do scientists set up a controlled experiment?

• They don't know what to expect

• To objectively reach a conclusion.

• To support their hypothesis based on the data collected

• To refute their hypothesis based on the data collected

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Another name for the independent variable is...

• The responding variable

• The manipulated variable

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Another name for the dependent variable is...

• The responding variable

• The manipulated variable

What is a Scientific Question?

Based on your observations, you pose a testable question. 

• This question will be then be answered with a hypothesis

• It  will also state a possible outcome called a prediction.

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A possible scientific question can be one of the following

• Will my dog like steak or chicken?

• Does Tylenol or Aspirin have a better taste?

• Can the sun rise on the West coast?

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In an experiment that is verifying that sugars are made by plants when exposed to light, which will be the experimental control?

• The plant that has sugars

• The plant with fertilizer

• The plant in the light

• The plant in the dark

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In the experiment with the weights and the sound emitted by the string, the weights are the...

• the dependent variable

• the manipulated variable

• the independent variable

• the responding variable

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A possible prediction for the experiment for the weights and the sound the string emits can be....

• The increase on the weight on the string will increase the pitch of the sound

• The sound will change when I change the weight

• A decrease in the weight on the string will decrease the pitch of the sound.

• I will change the weight on the bucket and then I will see the string moving.

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A possible hypothesis with a prediction for the experiment the boys are performing is:

"If the weight on the string increases, then the string will emit a low pitch sound."

• True

• False

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Why do scientists perform controlled experiments?

• Because it is organized better

• To test one variable at a time

• Because scientists like to control the results of the experiments.

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Why did the boys perform the experiment without any weights?

• The empty basket is the experimental variable.

• The empty basket is the control variable.

• The empty basket is a mistake in the experiment

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Treatments and Replicates are done to ensure

• The experiment's results are objective

• To avoid sources of error

• To double the results

• To use as many materials and chemicals available.

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