Skills

Jane wants to determine what Chocolate is the favourite between her classmates. This is an example of:

• An aim

• An hypothesis

• An investigative question

• Conclusion

The dependent variable will be?

• Jane

• Her classmates

• Type of chocolate

• The day

The independent variable will be..

• Type of chocolate

• Jane

• The Day

• Classmates

The favourite chocolate will be bar-one.

• This is the aim

• This is the hypothesis

• This is an investigative question

• This is the conclusion

The best graph for Jane to show her results will be a ...

• Line graph

• Bar graph

For any graph you need to have the following:

• Heading

• Axes labels with units

• Key

• Constant scale

Which of the following is NOT a planning step in Jane's experiment?

• Decide the time

• Decide the type of chocolates

• Ask the questions

• Get consent from participants

Josh wants to know what effect does exercise have on his heartrate. Provide a suitable aim:

• To determine the effect of exercise on heartrate

• Will exercise affect heartrate?

• Exercise will increase heartrate

• Exercise will decrease heartrate

Provide an hypothesis for Josh's investigation

• Exercise will increase heartrate

• Exercise will decrease heartrate

• What will the effect of exercise be on heartrate?

• To determine the effect of exercise om heartrate

An example of a controlled variable for Josh's experiment will be:

• Heartrate

• Type of exercise

• Person performing the experiment

• Time of day