Quiz 6: Experiments

An experiment … 

• Is when you test a hypothesis

• You manipulate something and observe record what happens 

• Can be done anywhere

• All of the above

How many variables should be changed purposely in a well designed controlled experiment?

• none

• one

• 2 or more

• depends on the type of experiment

Determine if the following is an observation or experiment.

How tall will a plant grow in different amounts of light?

• observation

• experiment

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Determine if the following is an observation or experiment.

How far your sister throws a baseball?

• observation

• experiment

A type of experiment where you change one factor purposely, measure how one responds, and keep everything else the same

• complex experiment

• controlled experiment

• independent experiment

• laboratory experiment

The independent variable is(are) the

• one that responds to the change

• one you change on purpose

• ones you keep the same

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The variable that responds to the changes made in an experiment

• independent

• dependent

• controlled

• constant

The variables you keep the SAME in the experiment are called

• independent variables

• dependent variables

• controlled variables

• hypothesis

Your prediction of the outcome of an experiment is called your

• theory

• analysis

• hypothesis

• conclustion

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In this experiment, one gummy bear was put in different liquids to see if it would change is size. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

• The color of gummy bear

• the type of liquids

• the size of gummy bear

• the amount of liquid

Answer explanation

The experimental gummy bears are the small ones that look the same, or the ones on the left.

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