scientific method

Match the following based on the choices given and where to place them on a graph

• Independent variable

• X axis

• Control

• None of these

• Dependent variable

• Y axis

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

How many independent variables should you have in an experiment?

• two

• as many as possible

• four

• one

What is an independent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

What is an dependent variable?

• What a scientist changes in an experiment to test their hypothesis

• What scientist measure to see if it responded to a change

• What happens when you do an experiment

• What you keep the same throughout all experimental groups

At what temperature did bread mold the slowest?

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate.  What is the dependent variable?

• heart rate
• type of exercise
• amount of exercise
• time of day exercise occurs