10 Science - SRP Prep

A student hypothesized that a mouse would learn to run through a maze faster if food was at the end of the maze.

Which tool will best help the student determine if the speed of the mouse improved?

• metric ruler

• pan balance

• stop watch

• spring scale

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. 

• experimental group
• control group
• data
• variables

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

Observations made during an experiment are called:

• data
• problems
• conclusions
• questions

On what axis should the independent variable always be?

• X
• Y

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet.  He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure applause after playing  Under the Sea with each reed.  The results were put in the table.
What was controlled?

• The Song
• The Reed
• The Applause