Independent

What effect does food color have on the amount of food fish eat? The color of the food would be the -

• independent variable

• dependent variable

In this graph, the type of movie is the -

• independent variable

• dependent variable

In this graph, the type of treatment is the -

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

In this graph, the car color is the -

• independent variable

• dependent variable

The independent Variable in a lab can be described as the variable:

• Represented on the X Axis

• Causing the change in the dependent Variable

• Over which a scientists usually has direct control when designing an experiement

• All of the above

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The independent Variable is found on the:

• X Axis

• Y Axis

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The independent Variable is:

• What you keep the same in the experiment

• What you change in an experiment

• What you measure in an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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Jack is doing an experiment to see which shoes help him run the fastest. What will his independent variable be?

• The shoes he wears

• The track he runs on

• The time of day he runs

Beth wants to know if increasing her exercise will decrease the time it takes her to run a mile. What is the independent variable?

• Distance

• amount of exercise

Brad sets 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

• mass of the ball

• height of the ramp

• weight of the ball

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