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Independent Variable

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

8th Grade

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Independent Variable
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

Controlled Variable

Dependent Variable

Independent Variable

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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)

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Monica's growth

drinking milk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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

Controlled Variable

Dependent Variable

Independent Variable

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Variable that the scientist changes, tests, or manipulates is

Control Variable

Variable

Dependent Variable

Independent Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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