Scientific Method, variables, data, and graphing

What is the name of the vertical (up and down) axis of the graph? 

• X axis
• Y axis

What do we put at the top of a graph?

• X axis
• data table
• title 
• nothing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What do we use to pick the numbers for the scale? 

• whatever we want
• you must always count by tens
• use your data to pick the scale
• you don't need a scale

What is the name of the horizontal (side to side) axis of the graph? 

• X axis
• Y axis

What would be the best scale for this data?
Days       Cm
  1            1.0
  2            3.5
  3            5.0
  4            8.5

• count by fives to 10
• count by tens to 100
• count by ones to 5
• count by ones to 10

What kind of information might go on the X axis?

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Varaible

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the independent variable in an experiment?

• the thing we change or test
• the normal situation
• what we measure in the end
• the thing we keep the same

What is the dependent variable in an experiment? 

• the thing we change or test
• the thing we keep the same
• the thing we measure in the end
• the normal situation

What is a constant? 

• the normal situation
• the thing we measure in the end
• the thing we are testing
• the thing we keep the same for every part of the experiment

The variable that is referred to as "DRY" is the ---- variable.

• Dependent

• Independent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2