Flip Quiz 1.1

What is the independent variable in an experiment?

• The variable that can be changed or manipulated

• The variable you are measuring

• The variable that gets no change or treatment

• A testable idea

What is the control variable in an experiment?

• The variable that can be changed or manipulated

• The variable you are measuring

• The variable that gets no change or treatment

• A testable idea

What is the dependent variable in an experiment?

• The variable that can be changed or manipulated

• The variable you are measuring

• The variable that gets no change or treatment

• A testable idea

Which one is the variable that is graphed on the X-axis?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable

• None of these

Which one is the variable that is graphed on the Y-axis?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable

• None of these

What is a hypothesis?

• The dependent variable

• The independent variable

• A testable idea

• The data that supports an idea

Why are experiments completed in science?

• For fun

• In order to collect data to support the idea

• To make a testable idea

• To make money

Which characteristic describes how organisms change from being born to being an adult

• Homeostasis

• Energy

• Reproduction

• Growth and Development

Plants do not have to run to get food. Instead, they use a process called photosynthesis. This means they are what type of organism?

• Autotroph

• Heteroptroph

• Decomposer

• Scavenger

Between what two months is the graph INCREASING?

• September - December

• August - September

• January - April

• June - December