EOL 9/15 Scientific Method Variables and Data

In the Scientific Method the control variable is

• effect

• what stays the same

• the cause

• something that can be one of many things tested

The DEPENDENT VARIABLE is also known as the

• hypothesis

• effect

• cause

• constant

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The INDEPENDENT VARIABLE is also known as the

• hypothesis

• effect

• cause

• constant

____ is the information you gather during your experiment through careful observations and measurements

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

CER stands for​ (a)  

• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
• Collect, Explain, Rely
• Control, Evidence, Report

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Mrs. Mallon is trying to determine if the lighting in the classroom affects the students' noise level. Normally, one light switch is on during the day as well as the lamps in the classroom.

Match the objects below.

• students' noise level

• Constant

• Same class of students

• Dependent Variable

• the amount of light in the classroom

• Control

• one light switch and lamps

• Independent Variable

Match the appropriate answer

• volume

• Stopwatch measures

• mass

• Thermometer measures

• temperature

• Graduated cylinder measures

• elapsed time

• Triple Beam Balance and digital balance measures

What is the first thing scientists do when writing their conclusion?

• restate the hypothesis

• make observations
• discuss the materials used

On your way to school, you see a puddle of rain water on the sidewalk. On your way home from school, the puddle is almost gone. Is the second statement a hypothesis or an observation. ​ (a)  

• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Science
• Variable

The higher the temperature of the air in an oven, the faster a cake bakes.

• Control Variable

• Type of oven

• Independent Variable

• Time it takes to bake a cake

• Dependent Variable

• Temperature of oven

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4