Fill in the blank:

Test(_____________) variable and Outcome(__________) variable.

• control, independent

• independent, control

• dependent, independent

• independent, dependent

A fisherman was trying to figure out the best bait that he could use in order to catch more fish. He knew there was a correlation between the fish bait and the amount of fish that he could catch on a fishing trip. What is the Test (independent) variable in this experiment?

• Fish

• Fisherman

• Fish bait

• Fishing trip

Sofie conducted an experiment where she had 3 plants to which she gave each of them different sunlight. One was in the direct sunlight, one was in the shade and the other was under large trees that only during some time during the day it received light. She measured the growth of the plant over a month and noticed they all grew at different rates. What can we conclude from this experiment?

• The growth of the plant does not correlate with the amount of sunlight.

• The amount of sunlight the plants received affected its growth.

• Sofie did not conduct this experiment correctly

• The plant with the most sunlight grew the most.

Juanita wanted to determine the effect the amount of times a betta fish was fed would affect its weight. She had 3 betta fishes all in separate tanks. Betta 1 received food 3 times a day , Betta 2 received food 2 times a day and Betta 3 only once. What would be the Outcome( dependent variable) of Juanitas experiment?

• The Betta fish

• The fish food

• The times the fish were fed

• The weight of the fish

Jane was working in a chemisty lab where she needed to figure out how fast a chemicals would mix together. She tested 4 different chemical mixtures and 5 trials of each. Which scientific process did Jane use?

• Replication

• Variables

• Cause and effect

• Repetition

Which of the following is an example of replication.

• Group 1 having 5 trials of an experiment

• Group 1 and group 2 having 5 trials of an experiment.

• Group 2 conducting the same experiment as group 3

• Group 3 having 5 trials.

Jonathan and Sarah have performed an experiment and are not sure their results are valid.
What should they do to check their results?

• average their data
• change their lab report
• perform a new experiment
• repeat the same experiment

How much data needs to be referenced in a conclusion to be valid.

• Just the best data

• Some of the data

• Most of the data

• ALL of the Data

How many people had 3 pets?

• 5
• 7
• 4
• 3

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

In the chart , a music store listed the number of CDs sold each month for 6 months. Which graph correctly represents the information in the chart?

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4