Lab Design and Graphing

What is the first step in the scientific method

• conclusion

• Procedure

• There isn't actually an order

• form a hypothesis

Which of the following is a proper hypothesis?

• If I add water, then my plant will grow higher

• Plants don't grow well without light

• I think plants grow more with light

• My group believes that sun affects plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A title in a graph must have...

• Independent variable only

• Dependent variable only

• scales and keys

• Independent and dependent variables

What is the purpose of a graph?

• To help you form a procedure

• To visualize data

• To waste time

• To prove you are right

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The dependent variable:

• is something you change

• is what you compare results to

• is something you keep the same

• is what is measured/ the result

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The independent variable:

• is what you change, test, or experiment

• is kept the same

• is what you measure

• is what you compare results to

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The constant in an experiment is:

• what you change

• what you keep the same as you repeat trials, to not affect results

• what you graph

• what you compare results to

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is a control in an experiment?

• what you change between groups

• what you compare results to/standard

• what you graph

• what you measure

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The dependent variable goes on the ____ axis:

• X

• Z

• A

• Y

The independent variable is placed on the ____ axis on a graph:

• X

• Y

• Z

• Both axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1