Week 2 Review

Which of these is a testable question

• Why do airplanes fly?

• What makes a bird sing?

• What fertilizer causes rose bushes to grow?

• None of these

Which of these is not a testable question

• How does a school bus work?

• What mechanisms within a school bus cause smoke to come out of the exhaust pipe?

• What types of circuits are found within a smoke detector?

• None of these

T/F: A dependent variable is a cause

• False

• True

T/F: An independent variable is a effect

• True

• False

Identify the independent and dependent variables: The students forgot their jackets outside so they were cold in class.

• I: student forgot their jacket

  D: cold inside the school building

• D: cold inside the school building

  I: student forgot their jacket

Identify the independent and dependent variables:

The student ate peanut butter and had an allergic reaction

• I: an allergic reaction

  D: eating peanut butter

• D: an allergic reaction

  I: eating peanut butter

Select all that apply: which of these is part of the Big 5?

• Respectful language

• Take care

• Hands to yourself

• Be your best self