Experimental Variables and Scientific ways of knowing

What word best explains what an independent variable is?

• Measure
• Change
• Same
• Apply

What word best describes a control variable?

• Same
• Measure
• Stain
• Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What word best describes dependent variable

• Same
• Measure
• Change
• Hold

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A hypothesis statement should always include these two words. 

• Where and how
• Who and what 
• Near and far
• If and then

If my observation shows that the water is 60 ∘C then I would say that the data is..

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Numeric
• Alpha numeric

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If my observation shows that the water is warm then I would call that data....

• Quantitative
• Alpha numeric
• Qualitative
• numeric

In my experiment I am changing the amount of light that I am giving plants to see if more light helps a plant grow better.  The amount of light the plant gets would be the....

• Dependent Variable
• End variable
• Control Variable
• Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

How tall the plant grows would be the...

• Dependent variable
• Control variable
• End variable
• Independent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is an if....then... statement that predicts the outcome of an experiment?

• Conclusion
• Materials
• Hypothesis
• Problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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

• The height of the plant
• The size of the pot
• The amount of water
• The amount of light.

Tags

NGSS.4-LS1-1

NGSS.5-LS1-1

NGSS.5-LS2-1