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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a controlled test of a hypothesis?

Experiment

Observation

Variable

Scientific Questions

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does an investigator change in different parts of an experiment?

Hypothesis

Independent variable

Dependent variable

All variables

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You set up an experiment to see how sunlight affects plant growth. You give two similar plants the same amount of water every day, but you put one plant in sunlight and the other plant in shade. Which of the following should be a controlled variable in this experiment?

Age of the investigators

Amount of water given to each plant

Amount of sunlight

Plant growth

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You set up an experiment to see how sunlight affects plant growth. You give two similar plants the same amount of water every day, but you put one plant in sunlight and the other plant in shade. Which of the following should be a dependent variable in this experiment?

Plant location

Amount of water given to each plant

Kind of plant

Plant growth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A researcher is studying the effects of eating habits on body exertion. Two groups of ten men were given the opportunity to sit down and eat at an all-you-can-eat buffet. All the men are 35 years old and weigh between 190 and 200 pounds. Before they eat, one group is told that they will run one mile 30 minutes after they eat. The other group is told to enjoy their meal and nothing else.


What was the control in the experiment?

The age of the men

The weight of the groups of men

The group that is told nothing.

The group that is told are going to run one mile

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In an experiment, Joey and Elena are trying to determine whether Super Grow fertilizer works better than Mo' Grow fertilizer on pepper plants. They buy 10 pepper plants that are the same size and water them the same amount three times per week. They use Super Grow on half of the plants and Mo'Grow on the other half. All of the plants receive the same amount of sunlight. Joey and Elena measure the height of the plants at the beginning of the experiment and every 6 days for one month (30 days).


Which of the factors in the experiment are controlled variables?

Joey and Elena

The fertilizers

The sun and water

The height of the plants

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In an experiment to determine the effects of radiation on the germination of seeds, a factor that has to be controlled is

The amount of radiation

The types of radiation

The germination rate of seeds

The amount of water added to the seeds.

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