Summer School Week 1 Review

Which variable is intentionally changed?

• Control

• Dependent

• Independent

• Constant

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test.  What is the dependent variable?

• How far they kick the soccer ball
• who the person is
• how well they do on the math test
• Type of soccer ball.

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Compound

What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?

• the paper used
• the type of paper airplane
• the distance of each plane's flight
• how hard the plane is thrown

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?

• Type of plant
• Water, apple juice, milk
• Plant growth
• Color of the plant's leaves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Eating breakfast increases performance in school. One group of students eats breakfast every day, while the other group eats no breakfast.  At the end of the quarter, I check the grades of each student.

Which is the dependent variable?

• eating breakfast or not
• grades
• how much breakfast the students eat

Mr. McNiece wanted to see how different types of music affected students' pulse rates. She played different types of music: heavy metal, rap, R&B, alternative, pop, country, and classical music. What constant should be considered when doing this experiment?

• types of music
• use all dead people
• using a different student for each music type
• amount of time the music was played

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What are the single sugars that are the building blocks of carbohydrates?

• monosaccharides
• disaccharides
• polysaccharides
• amino acid

What are the building blocks of proteins?

• amino acid
• fatty acid
• nucleotide
• lipid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

An example of a carbohydrate would be?

• potatoes 
• T-bone steak
• chicken leg
• cheese