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Graphs (Independent/Dependent Variables)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name

Class

Date

Based on the graph, how many more students are in the science club than the book club?

The graph shows how employees at Disney World travel to work. How many employees ride bikes, ride the bus, or walk to work?

300

450

325

375

The number of teachers at four schools are shown in the bar graph below. The number of teachers at school S is missing. There are a total of 56 teachers at schools S, T and V. Which bar graph represents the number of teachers at school S?

How many more people have purple for a favorite color than red?

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____ to test your hypothesis.

change

keep the same

experiment with

investigate

The variable that is measured throughout the experiment is the ________________
Hint: It may change as a result of your testing.

Controlled Variable

Responsive Variable

Dependent Variable

Independent Variable

Catherine is testing which soil will help grass grow the tallest. The height of the grown grass is the __ variable.

constant (stays the same)

independent (it's what you change)

dependent (it's what you measure)

What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which paper airplane design goes furthest?

the paper used

the paper airplane design

the distance of each plane's flight

how hard the plane is thrown

Students took a test after they had studied either in silence or with the television turned on. What is the dependent variable?

silence

television turned on

score on test

subject

10.

Daniel was investigating how fast it took mice to react to different sounds. Identify the independent variable.

How fast mice reacted

different sounds

types of music

Daniel

11.

Jonathan set up the same 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 (Jonathan etc)

12.

Controlled Variable

the ONE thing that is changed

the DATA, what is being measured or observed

the "normal" group, regular situation

13.

You want to compare BRANDS OF PAPER TOWELS, to see which HOLDS THE MOST liquid. What is the DEPENDENT variable?

BRAND of paper towels

TYPE of liquid

AMOUNT the towel holds

14.

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.

data

theory

hypothesis

fact

15.

What type of graph is this?

Bar graph

Histogram

Pie Chart/Circle Graph

Stem Chart

16.

^{_{What type of graph is this?}}

Line Graph

Pictograph

Bar Graph

Histogram

17.

The parts of an investigation that remain the same so that the dependent variable can be measured.

independent variable

dependent variable

hypothesis

control variable

18.

Josie was performing an experiment where she grew the same kind of tomatoes in the same soil and amount of water. She sat one in the sun and one in a closet for 14 days. What is the independent variable in Josie's experiment?

tomatoes

soil

sunlight

water

19.

Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?

If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen.

If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.

If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.

Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.

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Graphs (Independent/Dependent Variables)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 24mins

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