Unit 1 Review ESS

__________ is the variable changed or manipulated by the experimenter.

• Control group

• Experimental group

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

___________ is the responding variable. This variable is measurable and may change as a result of the independent variable.

• Dependent variable

• Constants

• Experimental group

• Control group

______________ is the group in an experiment that does not receive the independent variable. Also known as a "no treatment" group

• Medicine group

• Control group

• Experimental group

• Classroom group

______________ is the group that receives variations of the independent variable during an experiment.

• Experimental group

• Control group

• Medicine group

• School group

______________: all things that must stay the same during an experiment to ensure all changes are a result of the independent variable.

• Constants

• Variables

• Groups

• Experimenters

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

CER stands for...

• Critics, evidence, reasoning

• Claim, evidence, results

• Claim, evidence, reasoning

• Constants, evidence, reasoning

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

In a CER, this is the answer to a scientific question.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In a CER, these are the clues from the data that are used to form a claim.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A person counts the number of flowers she sees on different types of plants. She records data every week. What is the independent variable?

• Types of plants

• Number of flowers

• The person

• The amount of water the flowers receive

You water some plants with 4 different types of water (salt water, regular water, sugar water and distilled water). After a two-week period, the height of the plants is measured. What is the dependent variable?

• Regular water and sugar

• Height of the plants

• The plants

• The experimenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1