Experimental Design

What is a factor that is measured for change in an experiment?

• control
• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable

What part of an experiment contains the data tables and graphs?

• Results
• Conclusion
• Hypothesis
• Materials

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the factor that an experimenter changes on purpose?

• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable
• Constant
• Control

A summary of the experiment that includes whether hypothesis was right or wrong

• Hypothesis
• Results
• Conclusion
• Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The part of the experiment that does not contain the independent variable. Used for comparison.

• Control Group
• Experimental Group
• Results
• Data

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What are all the things that are kept the same in an experiment?

• controls
• data
• constants
• independent variables

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What is the effect of salt water on the average of the 3 tallest blades of grass?
The above question is an example of:

• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Experiment
• Problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the effect of salt water on the average of the height of the 3 tallest blades of grass?
What is the independent variable in the above question?

• salt water
• height
• average
• effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A numbered step by step description that begins with a verb and tells exactly how the experiment is to be done.

• reults
  Results
• Problem
• Materials
• Procedures

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A detailed list of all types and exact amounts of items used in an experiment.

• Procedure
• Hypothesis
• Materials
• Grocery List