Quiz about Science Fair

Question 1

When is the BACK page of your science fair idea page due?

Accepted Answer

Friday

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Today

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Tomorrow

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When you feel like it

Question 2

Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test. What is the dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

how well they do on the math test

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How far they kick the soccer ball

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who the person is

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Type of soccer ball.

Question 3

What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?

Accepted Answer

the type of paper airplane

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the paper used

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the distance of each plane's flight

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how hard the plane is thrown

Question 4

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

Plant growth

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Type of plant

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Water, apple juice, milk

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Color of the plant's leaves

Question 5

Marcos wants to know: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive? What is the independent variable?

Accepted Answer

Type of gasoline

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which car the gas is put into

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how fast the car can drive

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how much gas is put into the car

Question 6

These kind of observation use your senses to observe results.

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Qualitative

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Quantitative

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Scientific

Question 7

These kind of observations are made using instruments such as rulers, balances and thermometers.

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

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Qualitative

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Scientific

Question 8

The leaf is 5mm wide.

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

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Qualitative

Question 9

The leaves on the plant are turning brown.

Accepted Answer

Qualitative

Answer

Quantitative

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Both

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Neither

Question 10

The speed of the car was 45 mph.

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

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Qualitative

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Both

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Neither

Question 11

This form of data would be considered ______

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

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Qualitative

Question 12

If a student is doing an experiment to see if plants will grow in different types of soil, what should be a constant?

Accepted Answer

type of soil

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Location of the Plant

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Temperature of the room

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who the person is measuring it

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The type of soil

Question 13

What is a constant variable?

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Something that stays the same

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Something that changes

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A part of your experiment that really doesn't matter if you ignore

Question 14

Which is an amount of trials that is okay for you to have?

Accepted Answer

3

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1

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2

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4

Question 15

I am testing the amount of popcorn that pops in my microwave at different time amounts. I pop two bags for 1 minute, 2 bags for 2 minutes and three bags for 3 minutes. How many trials?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

8

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1

Answer

7

Question 16

What is an experimental group?

Accepted Answer

The group that is exposed to the independent variable

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A group of students who are excited to do their science fair projects

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The group that is finding the dependent variable

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The person that does the experiment

Question 17

What is a control group?

Accepted Answer

A group that does not receive 'treatment' in an experiment (you can only have this with people experiments!)

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The students who wait till the last minute to do their experiment

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They tell everyone what to do

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You have to give exact instructions

Question 18

Which words MUST you have when creating a hypothesis? (Choose all that apply!)

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If

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Then

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Because

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However

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Since

Question 19

Confounding variables are things that may happen that make your experiment unreliable. If we are molding strawberries in three locations, which of the following could be a confounding variable?

Accepted Answer

Little brother touching the experiment when he comes home from baseball practice

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Using all the same type of fruit

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The same sized strawberries

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How much mold grows

Question 20

What is the first step of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

Create a purpose/problem statement

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Data

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Write up your materials

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Hypothesis

Question 21

What should you think about when writing your procedure?

Accepted Answer

I should be very detailed and give as many specific directions as possible! They should be numbered!

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I can write it all in a big paragraph!

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Maybe 1-5 steps will be okay?

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How short can I make this so I don't have to type a lot?

Question 22

In a procedure, what is the easiest way to explain how to conduct additional trials, while still doing things correctly?

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Make a statement such as: "Complete steps 1-8 two more times for the last two trials."

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Re-type out all of the steps for all of the trials

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Make a statement such as: "Do two more trials."

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Who cares about the other trials

Question 23

What is the last step of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

Conclusion

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Hypothesis

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Data

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Variables/Controls

Question 24

What should be in your conclusion? Select all that apply!

Accepted Answer

If your hypothesis was correct or not

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What you would do in the future with this experiment if you were to do it again

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Your opinion on the science fair

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How easy or hard the science fair was

Science Fair

26 questions

When is the BACK page of your science fair idea page due?

Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test. What is the dependent variable?

What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?

Marcos wants to know: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive? What is the independent variable?

A frog’s weight depends on the number of flies that it eats per day. What is the dependent variable?

These kind of observation use your senses to observe results.

These kind of observations are made using instruments such as rulers, balances and thermometers.

The leaf is 5mm wide.

The leaves on the plant are turning brown.

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