Activity 1.1 - Vital Signs

The main vital signs include: (select all that apply)

• blood pressure

• temperature

• pulse rate

• blood sugar

What does BPM stand for?

• beats per minute

• bites per minute

• breaths per minute

• bones per marrow

For a blood pressure reading, the number on top measures...

• Diastolic Pressure

• Diastemic Pressure

• Systolic Pressure

• Systemic Pressure

Pressure on arteries when heart is at rest

• beats per minute

• arterial pressure

• diastolic pressure

• systolic pressure

Some factors that can affect your vital signs are: (select all that apply)

• fluid intake

• emotions

• recent physical activity

• time of day

When experimenting with the effect of fertilizer on the growth of a plant, a scientist uses the same type of plant, equal light, equal water, and two different types of fertilizers. Which of these is the fertilizer?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control

• constant

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Miss Woloshyn sets 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 the ball rolls

• mass of the ball

• height of the ramp

• where the experiment took place

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We want to see if the type of gasoline put in a car affects how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?

• type of gasoline

• which car the gas is put into

• how fast the car can drive

• how much gas is put into the car

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A study was created to test fear in children. The hypothesis of the experimenters was that if babies were exposed to fuzzy bunnies and at the same time a loud cymbal was struck close behind them, then that child would be afraid of fuzzy things. Another group of children would be exposed to bunnies without any loud noises. What is the control group?

• children with bunnies and loud noises

• the cymbal

• children with bunnies and NO loud noises

• loud cymbals

Measurements, specifically pulse rate, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure, that indicate the state of a patient's essential body functions.

• vital signs

• blood pressure

• control group

• symptoms

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