Analyzing Data

What does the x-axis measure?

• Time (minutes)

• Distance in City Blocks

• Length of Stride

• Speed of Walking

What does the y-axis measure?

• Time (minutes)

• Distance in City Blocks

• Length of Stride

• Speed of Walking

At what two points are the girl and the dog standing still?

• 4 to 20 minutes

• 6 to 18 minutes

• 0 to 6 minutes

• 3 minutes

A _________________ is a thing that changes.

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____ to test your hypothesis.

• change
• keep the same
• experiment with
• investigate

The variable that is measured throughout the experiment is the ________________
Hint: It may change as a result of your testing.

• Controlled Variable
• Responsive Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 

• 0 m
• 10 m
• 20 m
• 40 m

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

X axis is the _________ variable. This is the variable you, the scientist, controls.

• independent

• dependent

• controlled

• changing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If time is ever the variable, then it is the ________ variable.

• independent

• dependent

• responsible

• controlled

Y axis is the ____________variable. This is the variable that changes due to the variable on the x-axis.

• dependent

• independent

• controlled

• changing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2