Experimental Design

The type of variable that you change or manipulate in an experiment.  It is what you are testing.

• Independent
• Dependent
• Control

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Jeff is 6 feet 2 inches is a ___________ assesment

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

The cake has a sweet smell is a _______ assessment. 

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

The type of variable that responds to the experiment and is what you measure to determine if your hypothesis is true.

• Independent
• Dependent
• Control

The parts of the experiment that must be kept the same.

• Constants
• independent
• Dependent

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller.  Name the independent variable.

• The height of the plant
• The size of the pot
• The amount of water
• The amount of light.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller.  Name the dependent variable.

• The amount of water.
• The amount of soil.
• The height of the plant.
• The amount of water.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller. Which of these is not a constant?

• The amount of soil.

• The pot size.

• The type of plant.

• The amount of water.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of these is not an observation.

• There are footprints.
• The person was dizzy.
• The footprints are black.
• There are dots.

When you make a prediction based upon your observations, it is called a/an _____________.

• Inference
• Observation
• Control group
• Guess