Independent Variable

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

• Controlled Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

Angelina set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.

• Distance traveled by the ball

• Height of the ramp

• Mass of the ball

• Who set up the experiment (Ms. S, etc)

The height of bean plants depends on the amount of water they receive. 

• The bean seed

• The amount of water provided daily

• The amount of sunlight they're exposed to daily

• How tall they grow by the end of the experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall a Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?

• Monica's growth

• drinking milk

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment. (It affects the results of the experiment).

• Controlled Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

What is the independent variable?

• Things you keep the same- they do not change

• What you observe or measure

• What you decide to change in an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Variable that the scientist changes, tests, or manipulates is

• Control Variable

• Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is an independent variable?

• A variable being tested in an experiment.

• A variable that changes depending on another variable.

• A variable that is kept the same in an experiment.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the independent variable in the following experiment: Does the amount of coffee students drink increase their test scores?

• Same test

• Amount of coffee

• Test scores

• Test scores without drinking coffee

In a well designed experiment, you should change how many variables?

• only one

• no more than two

• none at all

• as many as are needed

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2