Warm-up: Experimental Design 2

Jake conducted an experiment with four bean plants. They were placed next to one another  on a sunny windowsill. He gave each plant equal amounts of a different type of water. The  plants were given tap water, distilled water, flavored water, or carbonated water.

What was the independent variable in this experiment?

• Types of water

• Bean plant

• Plant observations

• Sunny windowsill

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

In the tomato plant experiment on the graph, what is the dependent variable?

• Type of plant

• Amount of sunlight

• Plant height

• Day plant was measured

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Identify this statement as Law, Theory, or Hypothesis...

If a basketball is dropped from 5 meters then it always bounces back up to the same height.

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the most basic unit of life?

• Organs

• Tissues

• Organ Systems

• Cells

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Is this question testable using scientific experimentation?:

Will larger or smaller seeds make prettier flowers?

• This is a testable question

• This is not a testable question

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which science skill is a student using when she touches the soil in a plant pot to feel whether it is dry?

•  

  Posing a question

• Making an observation

• Making an inference

• Developing a hypothesis

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