data/variables/graphing quiz

This variable is the one thing that changed on purpose...

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Independent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?

"Does eating breakfast improve test scores?"

• eating breakfast or not

• the grade you got on the test

• what time you get up in the morning

• how tasty the breakfast is

You are testing how the amount you water a plant affects its growth. What would be the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this experiment.

• They type of pot you put the plants in.

• The amount you water each plant.

• The amount of sunlight the plants get.

• The amount the plant grows.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Why do we use graphs in science?

• to record and display data

• to show trends in data

• to predict what will happen if we extend the experiment

• all of these are correct

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the responding variable?

• what we are changing or testing

• what we are observing or measuring

• what we are keeping the same to make the experiment fair

What are the constant variables?

• what we are changing or testing

• what we are observing or measuring

• what we keep the same to make the experiment fair

If you were testing the time it took for objects of different sizes to reach the ground after being dropped from 30 feet in the air, which of these would be the DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

• The time it takes for each object to hit the ground.

• The size of each object.

• The type of object you use.

• The height you drop the object from

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The variable that is measured. It goes on the y-axis.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The x-axis shows

• time
• carbon dioxide concentration
• Mauna Loa volcano
• science

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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