WorksheetsVariables and Graphing Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the vertical (up and down) axis of the graph?
a)
X axis
b)
Y axis
2.
What do we put at the top of a graph?
a)
X axis
b)
data table
c)
title
d)
nothing
3.
What do we use to pick the numbers for the scale?
a)
whatever we want
b)
you must always count by tens
c)
use your data to pick the scale
d)
you don't need a scale
4.
What is the name of the horizontal (side to side) axis of the graph?
a)
X axis
b)
Y axis
5.
In which section of the scientific method does the graph go?
a)
conclusion
b)
data and observations
c)
reserach
d)
analysis
6.
What would be the best scale for this data?
Days Cm
1 1.0
2 3.5
3 5.0
4 8.5
Days Cm
1 1.0
2 3.5
3 5.0
4 8.5
a)
count by fives to 10
b)
count by tens to 100
c)
count by ones to 5
d)
count by ones to 10
7.
What kind of information might go on the X axis?
a)
Independent Variable
b)
Dependent Varaible
8.
What kind of information might go on the Y axis?
a)
days of the week
b)
minutes
c)
height
d)
hours
9.
What is the control for the experiment?
a)
the thing being tested
b)
the normal situation
c)
what we measure in the end
d)
what we change
10.
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
a)
the thing we change or test
b)
the normal situation
c)
what we measure in the end
d)
the thing we keep the same
11.
What is the dependent variable in an experiment?
a)
the thing we change or test
b)
the thing we keep the same
c)
the thing we measure in the end
d)
the normal situation
12.
What is a constant?
a)
the normal situation
b)
the thing we measure in the end
c)
the thing we are testing
d)
the thing we keep the same for every part of the experiment
13.
A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What is the control?
a)
plant with salt water
b)
plant with fresh water
c)
growth of salt water plant
d)
growth of fresh water plant
14.
A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What is the independent variable?
a)
salt water
b)
fresh water
c)
growth of plants
15.
A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What is the dependent variable?
a)
salt water
b)
fresh water
c)
growth of plants
16.
A boy waters one plant with fresh water and one with salt water and measures growth. What would be some constants?
a)
use same type of plant
b)
use same type of soil
c)
put both plants in same spot
d)
all of the above
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