VARIABLES REVIEW

What is the independent variable?

• Things you keep the same- they do not change

• What you decide to change in an experiment

• What you observe or measure

What is the dependent variable?

• Things you keep the same- they do not change

• What you decide to change in an experiment

• What you observe or measure

What is the control?

• Things you keep the same- they do not change

• What you decide to change in an experiment

• What you observe or measure

The amount of water we would give to the flowers would be the _________________ variable.

• DEPENDENT

• INDEPENDENT

• CONTROL

How much the flowers grow would be the __________________ variable.

• DEPENDENT

• INDEPENDENT

• CONTROL

The type of flower, the amount of light and the type of soil are the ______________.

• DEPENDENT

• INDEPENDENT

• CONTROL

Good science only changes one independent variable at a time.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the responding variable?

• what we are keeping the same to make the experiment fair

• what we are changing or testing

• what we are observing or measuring

Scientific Question: Does being tardy impact test scores?

What is the manipulated variable?

• the time a student arrives to class

• test scores

• test scores

Scientific Question: Will a person fall asleep faster if they listen to music?

What is the manipulated variable?

• person

• music

• time to fall asleep