Biology SOL Practice

How many repeated trials should you perform for an experiment?

• 2 trials
• 3 trials
• 50 trials
• As many as needed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What part of the experiment do you change?  Its on the X-axis on a graph.

• Independent/Manipulated variable
• Dependent/Responding variable
• constants
• data

The comparison group without the independent variable.  Its under normal conditions.

• constants
• material
• data
• control group

What you measure, count, or observe as a result of what you changed.  Found on the Y-axis of a graph.

• Dependent/Responding variable
• Independent/Manipulated variable
• Scientific law
• scientific method

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.

• Distance traveled by the ball
• Height of the ramp
• Mass of the ball
• Who set up the experiment (Ms. S, etc)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?

• Distance traveled by the ball
• Height of the ramp
• Mass of the ball
• Where the experiment took place.

How many independent variables can be tested in a controlled experiment?

• one
• two
• three
• as many as possible

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When writing your hypothesis in the If ___, then__ format, what variable follows IF?

• dependent variable

• how you know it will happen

• independent variable

• anything