Scientific Method Practice Quiz

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When you make a graph, which variable goes on the Y axis?

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Extraneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Marcos wants to know: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What kind of observation is this: The tree has several branches.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

When you make a graph which variable goes on the X axis?

• independent

• dependent

• extraneous

• controlled

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What type of graph do you use to make comparisons between qualitative and quantitative data?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Pie Chart

• Histograph

Sam wanted to know if the color of the chair you sat in when taking a test affected your test grade. What is the dependent variable.

• Color or chair
• Grade on test
• Age of students

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

The clouds are grey and ground is wet. 

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What type of statement is a hypothesis?

• accept or reject

• If....Then

• qualitative

• I think...because

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.

• responding variable

• manipulated variable

• data

• control group