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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.
Controlled Variable
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
The variable that is measured.
Controlled Variable
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
The factors that stay the same or are constant throughout the experiment.
Controlled Variable
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
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?
Dropping the same way
Wing Length
Amount of time it takes the helicopter to hit the floor
Dropping from the same height
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?
Dropping the same way
Wing Length
Amount of time it takes the helicopter to hit the floor
Dropping from the same height
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?
Using the same type of plant
Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot
The growth of the plant
One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box
What do we call a variable that we can control, change, or measure?
Independent
Dependent
Controlled
Extraneous
What do we call "extra" variables that are out of our control?
Independent
Dependent
Controlled
Extraneous
The research method is True Experimental
The researcher will study how kinds of water affect the growth rate of an orchid flower. The flower A is placed in a cool temperature and flower B is in a room temperature. Both flowers received the same amount of sunlight.
What type of variable is "the temperature"
Dependent
Moderator
Controlled
Extraneous
The research method is Descriptive.
The researcher will investigate how Social Cognitive Theory (states we learn while we interact with other people) happens to students during group activity. It will focus on students' self-esteem as affected by communication skills.
What type of variable is "students' self-esteem"
Dependent
Independent
Confounding
Moderator
In research, it is believed to be something that pertains to a characteristic of a respondent that is intended to either be controlled or measured or both?
Attribute
Value
Topic
Variable
Sara wants to see whether drinking coffee will improve productivity. What is the INDEPENDENT variable (cause) in this research?
Increase in productivity
Brand of Coffee
Whether the participant had coffee or not
The times the participant had coffee
What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this research?
Does eating breakfast improve test scores?
Whether the participant ate breakfast
Time the participant ate breakfast
The grade secured in the test
The number of tests a participant took
