Biology; Experimental Design

Growth Response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus

• Phototropism

• Tropism

• Auxin

• Gravitropism

A group that is not exposed to the treatment in order to make comparisons.

(The most normal)

• Independent Variable

• Dependent variable

• Auxin

• Control

_____________ is the method in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure a dependent variable to determine a cause-and-effect relationship.

• Trial and Error

• Science

• Experimental Design

• Guessing

The plant hormone that causes cells to elongate (grow) on one side of a stem, causing it to bend is called _______________.

• Auxin

• Shaper

• Toxin

• The bender

A/an ____________ is a testable statement predicting the result of a scientific experiment. (Format If..... then......)

• Scientific statement

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

Conditions that stay the same in an experiment in order to prevent bias are called ______________.

• Predictions

• Hunches

• Controls

• Constants

A growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.

• Bendable

• Gravitropism

• Phototropism

• Tropism

A ___________ is a judgement based upon evidence obtained from research or data collected in an experiment.

• Final Answer

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

• Educated Guess

The group that is exposed to the treatment, (given a version of the independent variable.)

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Experimental Group

• Dependent Group

The ________________ is the variable that changes as a result of the independent variable. It is MEASURED.

• Control

• Constant

• Dependent Variable

• Variable