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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...
a)
The type of music
b)
The type of plant
c)
The amount of sunlight
d)
The type of liquid
2.
Suzie wants to know if birds prefer to eat in one place over another. She makes three feeders out of 2-liter bottles and paints all of them red. She fills each of the feeders with the same amount of mixed birdseed, and plans to keep the feeders out for 10 days before measuring how much seed is eaten from each feeder. She puts each of the feeders in her back yard: one feeder in a large dead tree, another feeder she sits on the dog house, and the last she sits in a small bushy tree.
What is the dependent variable?
What is the dependent variable?
a)
Length of the bird-feeders
b)
Amount of seed eaten
c)
Amount of time feeders are outside
d)
Location the feeders are put in.
3.
Suzie wants to know if birds prefer to eat in one place over another. She makes three feeders out of 2-liter bottles and paints all of them red. She fills each of the feeders with the same amount of mixed birdseed, and plans to keep the feeders out for 10 days before measuring how much seed is eaten from each feeder. She puts each of the feeders in her back yard: one feeder in a large dead tree, another feeder she sits on the dog house, and the last she sits in a small bushy tree.
What is the control?
What is the control?
a)
Length of the bird-feeders
b)
Amount of seed eaten
c)
Location the feeders are put in.
4.
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.
a)
Distance traveled by the ball
b)
Height of the ramp
c)
Mass of the ball
d)
Who set up the experiment
5.
Angelina set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the dependent variable.
a)
Distance traveled by the ball
b)
Height of the ramp
c)
Mass of the ball
d)
Who set up the experiment
6.
Angelina set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the control variable.
a)
Distance traveled by the ball
b)
Height of the ramp
c)
Mass of the ball
d)
Who set up the experiment
7.
Which of these is the best example of a product that results from adaptive engineering?
a)
a farm tool with a curved blade
b)
a system for planting different crops each year
c)
a water sprinkler activated by a timer
d)
a genetically modified plant species that resists pests
8.
A scientist is unable to speak or move most of the muscles in his body. This scientist uses his cheek to push buttons on a type of keyboard that translates the words into a computerized voice. Which of these best describes the scientist's device?
a)
assistive, because the device makes the scientist famous
b)
adaptive, because the scientist can use the device for other tasks
c)
assistive, because the device allows the scientist to communicate
d)
adaptive because the scientist can still move some parts of his body
9.
Television channels carry announcements that warn residents about approaching hurricanes
a)
intended benefit
b)
positive unintended consequence
c)
negative unintended consequence
10.
Airplanes carry passengers rapidly to many places around the world.
a)
intended benefit
b)
positive unintended consequence
c)
negative unintended consequence
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