Bio Sem 1 Review - Intro Material

The _______ variable is what is being measured.

• independent

• dependent

• artificial

• real

The _______ variable is what we set up or organize in a lab experiment.

• independent

• dependent

• artificial

• real

An educated guess is also known as a(n):

• data

• hypothesis

• problem

• conculsion

What is the dependent variable of this experiment?

• avg. level of happiness

• how often you eat candy

• type of candy

• if candy is given as a reward

Biology is the study of ______ .

• matter

• data

• cells

• life

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

It is January and Haley, Sarah, and Becky are tired of having cold feet while waiting for the school bus to come in the morning. They decide to design an experiment to test the effectiveness of wool, cotton, and nylon as insulators. They fill identical bottles with 200 ml of water at 100 C and place inside each sock. They take the temperature of the water after 20 minutes.

• wool, nylon, cotton materials

• water temperature

• cold days in January

• feet temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of these are an example of qualitative data?

• green

• meters

• velocity

• volume

An example of qualitative data is:

• rate if speed

• velocity

• chemical color or change

• density

What is the independent variable?

• 
  CO2  Concentration

• Year

• Time of Day

• Season

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the dependent variable?

• 
  CO2  Concentration

• Year

• Time of Day

• Season

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5