Hypothesis Study Game

Ralph is concerned about the number of ants in his kitchen. He wonders if cleaning the kitchen once a day instead of once a month would fix the problem.
What is the manipulated variable?

• How often the kitchen is cleaned.
• The number of ants in the kitchen.
• Ralph's concern.
• Cleaning the kitchen.

Ralph is concerned about the number of ants in his kitchen. He wonders if cleaning the kitchen more than once a month would fix the problem.
What is the responding variable?

• How often the kitchen is cleaned. 
• The amount of ants in the kitchen.
• Ralph's concern.
• Cleaning the kitchen.

Ralph is concerned about the number of ants in his kitchen. He wonders if cleaning the kitchen more than once a month would fix the problem.
What will the response be compared with?

• Cleaning the kitchen versus not cleaning the kitchen. 
• The amount of ants in the field before a rainstorm versus after a rainstorm. 
• The amount of ants in the kitchen before it was cleaned more often, compared to the amount of ants after the kitchen is cleaned more often. 
• How clean the ants are before the kitchen is cleaned versus how clean the ants are after the kitchen is cleaned. 

Ralph is concerned about the number of ants in his kitchen. He wonders if cleaning the kitchen more than once a month would fix the problem.
What will be measured in the experiment?

• Ralph's concern.
• How often the kitchen is used.
• How clean the kitchen is.
• The number of ants

Ralph is concerned about the number of ants in his kitchen. He wonders if cleaning the kitchen more than once a month would fix the problem.
What is the best hypothesis for this situation?

• If the kitchen is cleaned once a week instead of once a month, then the number of ants will be fewer than if the kitchen is cleaned once a month. 
• If the kitchen is cleaned, then will the number of ants go down?
• The filthiness of the kitchen is causing the ant infestation.
• If the kitchen is cleaned, then the number of ants will decrease.

The Manipulated Variable is plotted on the "X" axis 

• True
• False

The Responding Variable is Plotted on the "Y" axis.

• True
• False

The Responding Variable is plotted on the "X" axis

• True
• False

The manipulated Variable is plotted on the "Y" axis

• True 
• False

The Responding Variable is also known as the 

• manipulated variable
• controlled variable 
• independent variable
• dependent variable