AgriSci 1 8/23 Graphing and Variables

The______variable goes on the x-axis

• Independent 
• Irregular
• Dependent

Students were involved in an experiment to investigate whether playing music while they took a test affected their scores. What would their test scores be?

• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Controlled variable
• Hypothesis

Independent variable= amount of exercise
Dependent variable= how fast they run a mile.
Which would go on the x-axis?

• amount of exercise
• How fast they run in a mile

A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.

• Diameter of the ball
• Force acting on the ball
• Height that the ball bounces
• Height from which the ball is dropped

What is the dependent variable?

• Grade
• Number of Students

What is the independent variable?

• Subject
• Students

What type of graph should be used to show this data?

• bar
• pie
• line

What type of graph would should be used to show this data?

• bar
• pie
• line

An observation is...

• an educated guess that answers a testable question.
• a logical, reasonable conclusion to an experiment.
• information collected by your 5 senses.
• an explanation of what you learned at the end of an experiment.

Which of the following is a quantitative observation?

• The bird is very colorful.
• The bird has 4 different colors on him.
• The bird has many, many feathers.
• It is a bird.