Free Printable Graphing Practice Quiz

1.

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

a)

Controlled Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Independent Variable

2.

The variable that is measured.

a)

Controlled Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Independent Variable

3.

Changes in the _________ variable causes changes in the _________ variable.

a)

independent; dependent

b)

dependent; independent

4.

Ben makes five paper helicopters with different wing lengths. He drops them the same way from a height of two meters for five trials each. He records the amount of time it takes for each helicopter to fall to the ground.

What is the independent variable?

a)

Dropping the same way

b)

Wing Length

c)

Amount of time it takes the helicopter to hit the floor

d)

Dropping from the same height

5.

Ben makes five paper helicopters with different wing lengths. He drops them the same way from a height of two meters for five trials each. He records the amount of time it takes for each helicopter to fall to the ground.

What is the dependent variable?

a)

Dropping the same way

b)

Wing Length

c)

Amount of time it takes the helicopter to hit the floor

d)

Dropping from the same height

6.

Cindy wanted to find out how the amount of sunlight affects the growth of plants. She placed two tomato plants in 10 inch pots with potting soil and watered them ¼ cup each day. One plant was placed under a cardboard box and one was placed in the sunlight. She measured the growth of the plant each week for three weeks.

What is the independent variable?

a)

Using the same type of plant

b)

Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot

c)

The growth of the plant

d)

One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

7.

Cindy wanted to find out how the amount of sunlight affects the growth of plants. She placed two tomato plants in 10 inch pots with potting soil and watered them ¼ cup each day. One plant was placed under a cardboard box and one was placed in the sunlight. She measured the growth of the plant each week for three weeks.

What is the dependent variable?

a)

Using the same type of plant

b)

Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot

c)

The growth of the plant

d)

One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

8.

Maria 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?

a)

Length of the birdfeeders

b)

Amount of time feeders are outside

c)

Amount of seed eaten

d)

Location the feeders are put in.

9.

On a graph, which axis shows the independent variable?

a)

x-axis

b)

y-axis

c)

neither

d)

it changes

10.

On a graph, which axis shows the dependent variable?

a)

x-axis

b)

y-axis

c)

neither

d)

it changes

11.

How many total students are in the science class?

a)

13

b)

6

c)

27

d)

25

12.

How many students scored between 95 and 100?

a)

6

b)

6

c)

9

d)

14

13.

Based on a recent survey of 500 students, the circle graph below shows how students communicate

with friends.

How many more students chose social media apps than phone calls to communicate with friends?

a)

36 students

b)

12 students

c)

180 students

d)

300 students

14.

The x-axis shows

a)

time

b)

carbon dioxide concentration

c)

Mauna Loa volcano

d)

science

15.

The y-axis shows

a)

time

b)

carbon dioxide concentration

c)

Mauna Loa volcano

d)

science

16.

The overall trend in the data would be best described as

a)

increasing

b)

decreasing

c)

unchanging

d)

unrelated

17.

This data set shows that

a)

there is more CO2 in the atmosphere now than ever before

b)

Hawaii will be most affected by global warming

c)

global temperatures are rising

d)

there is more CO2 in Hawaii than anywhere else

18.

The y-axis on the left shows

a)

time

b)

temperature anomaly

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

parts per million

19.

The y-axis on the right shows

a)

time

b)

temperature anomaly

c)

carbon dioxide concentration

d)

parts per million

20.

The x-axis shows

a)

time

b)

temperature

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

parts per million

21.

This graph provides evidence to support the claim that

a)

the enhanced greenhouse effect is occurring

b)

the greenhouse effect is occurring

c)

humans are changing the planet

d)

CO2 is decreasing but temperature is increasing

Graphing Practice Quiz

Total questions: 21

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