NYS Making Connections Lab Quiz

An investigation is carried out to determine the effect of exercise on the rate at which a person can squeeze a clothespin.

In this investigation, the independent variable is the

• control

• exercise

• rate of squeezing

• number of participants

An investigation is carried out to determine the effect of exercise on the rate at which a person can squeeze a clothespin.

Muscle fatigue occurs during this activity when

• carbon dioxide is used up in the muscle cells

• simple sugar is converted to starch in the muscle cells

• proteins accumulate in mitochondria in the muscle cells

• certain waste products collect in the muscle cells

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An investigation is carried out to determine the effect of exercise on the rate at which a person can squeeze a clothespin.

The experimental results could be made more valid by

• increasing the number of students

• using safety precautions

• using a plastic clothespin

• making a bar graph of the data

  
  

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An investigation is carried out to determine the effect of exercise on the rate at which a person can squeeze a clothespin.

The dependent variable for this experiment is the

• time the student was squeezing the clothespin

• number of times the student was able to squeeze the clothespin

• strength of the student

• length of the clothespin

A student hypothesized that watching sports on television would cause viewers’ pulse rates to increase. She designed an experiment to determine the effect of watching sports on pulse rate. A group of 200 volunteers took their pulse rates and then watched their favorite sports on television. After the games, they immediately took their pulse rates again. The data collected showed that the pulse rates of some people increased, but the pulse rates of an equal number of people did not change. Although the hypothesis was not supported by the data, the hypothesis is still valuable because it

• may lead to further investigation

• can be changed to fit the data

• is the opinion of the experimenter

• is based on beliefs of the volunteers

If a control group is not included in an experiment, it would be difficult to

• formulate a hypothesis for the experiment

• make observations about the experimental group

• record data in a data table

• draw a valid conclusion

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of activity on pulse rate. Data were collected and recorded in the table shown.

Which activity most likely corresponds to the pulse rate of the person while sleeping?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Students were asked to design a lab that investigated the relationship between exercise and heart rate. Heart rate was determined by recording the pulse rate in beats per minute. The students hypothesized that increased exercise results in an increased heart rate. The class results for the experiment are shown in the graph.

Which statement is best supported by the graph?

• Before exercising, the average pulse rate was 65; four minutes after exercising, the average pulse rate was 65.

• After four minutes of exercising, the average pulse rate was 120; two minutes after exercising, the average pulse rate was 120.

• While exercising, the highest average pulse rate was 150; before exercising, the average pulse rate was 65.

• Two minutes before exercising, the average pulse rate was 80; after two minutes of exercise, the average pulse rate was 140

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A class is recording pulse rates of the students in a data table like the one shown.

One student checks his pulse and counts 23 beats over a time interval of 20 seconds. In which row in the data table should the pulse rate of this student be recorded?

• A

• B

• C

• D

A student hypothesized that the pulse rates of his classmates would increase after walking. The student then obtained pulse rates from five classmates after they walked for 15 minutes. The data, in beats per minute, were recorded as: 78, 68, 84, 88, and 90. Identify one error in the experimental procedure.