Scientific Inquiry and Graphing Review

What is the volume of liquid in the graduated cylinder?

• 75.1mL
• 76mL

What is the dependent variable in the data table?

• Type of Ball
• Color of Ball
• Height of Bounce
• Type of Sport

What type of graph would you make from the data in the data table?

• Pie Graph
• Circle Graph
• Bar Graph
• Line Graph

What is the independent variable in the graph?

• Frog Croaks in one minute
• Species of Frog
• Number of Frogs
• Temperature

What can you conclude from the graph?

• As the temperature increases, frogs croak less
• As the frogs croak more, the temperature decreases
• As the frogs croak less, the temperature decreases
• As the temperature increases, the frogs croak more

What type of observations use numbers to describe something?

• Independent
• Dependent
• Qualitative
• Quantitative

When graphing, which axis does the independent variable go on?

• X

• Y

• Z

• none of these

The variable that causes a change is the

• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The variable that is the result of the experiment is the 

• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A variable that never changes is known as a 

• constant
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control