Scientific Inquiry

What variable in an experiment is the manipulated variable?
For example: keep bread at room temp, and keep another one in the refrigerator- here you are changing the temps on purpose to see what happens. 

• Operational Definition
• Control Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

What variable in an experiment is measured? - it is also called the responding variable.
For example: measuring the amount of mold on bread 

• Dependent variable
• Operational Definition
• Independent Variable
• Control Variable

What does CER stands for?

• Claim, Evidence, and Regulating
• Claim, Evaluation, Reasoning
• Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning
• Claim, Evaluation, Regulating

If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller.
What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

• Procedure
• Hypothesis
• Question
• Results

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What statement is an inference?

• There are two fish in the bowl.
• They are eating their food.
• They like their food.
• Both fish are blue.

What does a line graph do?

• Show change over time.
• Collect categorical data.
• Compare quantities.
• Measure quantities. 

Term that describes a situation by using numbers:

• quantitative observation

• qualitative observation

• inference

• hypothesis

Using your senses to describe a situation is known as a:

• quantitative observation

• hypothesis

• qualitative observation

• inference

Scientific inquiry usually begins by:

• forming a hypothesis

• running an experiment

• constructing a theory

• making an observation

On what axis should the independent variable always be?

• X
• Y

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1