Scientific Method/Graphing

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

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

A testable prediction about a scientific investigation is a(n)

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the last step of scientific method?

• hypothesis

• observe

• communicate

• question

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

• conclusions

• data

• hypotheses

• procedures

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?

• True
• How fast you get to school
• Riding a bike or walking
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Ben makes five paper helicopters with different wing lengths. He drops them the same way from a height of two meters for five trials each. He records the amount of time it takes for each helicopter to fall to the ground.

What is the independent variable?

• Dropping the same way

• Wing Length

• Amount of time it takes the helicopter to hit the floor

• Dropping from the same height

Cindy wanted to find out how the amount of sunlight affects the growth of plants. She placed two tomato plants in 10 inch pots with potting soil and watered them ¼ cup each day. One plant was placed under a cardboard box and one was placed in the sunlight. She measured the growth of the plant each week for three weeks.

What are two CONSTANTS? (Select 2)

• Using the same type of plant

• Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot

• The growth of the plant

• One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When should a bar graph be used?

• When comparing parts of a whole

• When showing change over time

• When comparing data between different groups of categories

• Whenever you want

When should a line graph be used?

• When comparing parts of a whole

• When showing change over time

• When comparing data between different groups of categories

• Whenever you want

• How the mass of the dog changed

• How much food the dog consumed

• what kinds of food the dog consumed

• When the dog was measured each month