Scientific method and lab safety Test

A testable prediction that predicts a cause and effect relationship between variables is a(n) .

• analysis

• hypothesis

• observation

• inference

 Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• in the title

• in the key

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A factor in an experiment that changes in response to the independent variable is the ____.

• constant

• control group

• independent variable

• dependent variables

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

All of the following are steps in the scientific method EXCEPT

•  observing and recording data.

• forming a hypotheses

• developing a model

• discarding data that doesn’t match the hypothesis.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

 A factor that does NOT change/stays the same in an experiment is the

• independent varaiables

• dependent variables

• Control Variables

The “cause” of the experiment, what we are purposefully manipulating or changing is the 

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which of the following is QUANTITATIVE observation?

• The dog is fuzzy.

• The dog has two legs.

• The dog is small.

• The dog is cute.

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

The independent variable is also known as the RESPONDING variable.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

 The dependent variable is the variable that is measured.

• true

• false

In an experiment to determine the effect of different temperatures on the rate of ripening bananas, identify the independent variable.

• Rate of ripening bananas

• Temperature

• There is no manipulated variable