Integrated Physics Semester Review Part 1

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?

• quantitative
• qualitative

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions/photographs/illustrations that cannot be counted or measured?

• qualitative
• quantitative

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

In a controlled experiment, how many independent variables can be worked with at a time? 

• one
• none
• two or more
• how ever many makes sense.

A list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment. 

• obervations
• question/problem
• materials
• procedures

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.

• Diameter of the ball
• Force acting on the ball
• Height that the ball bounces
• Height from which the ball is dropped

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

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

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Compound

Tags

CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C