WorksheetsSci Method Practice
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
To test if color affects what children choose for lunch, mashed potatoes were dyed with food color in the following colors: red, green and blue and placed in identical bowls. A fourth bowl contained natural mashed potatoes. The potatoes were served at an elementary school. Identify the dependent variable.
a)
Which color was chosen the most.
b)
The red, green and blue potatoes.
c)
The natural potatoes.
d)
The bowls.
2.
To test if color affects what children choose for lunch, mashed potatoes were dyed with food color in the following colors: red, green and blue and placed in identical bowls. A fourth bowl contained natural mashed potatoes. The potatoes were served at an elementary school. Identify the independent variable.
a)
red, green and blue potatoes
b)
natural potatoes
c)
bowls
d)
How many of each color were chosen.
3.
To test if color affects what children choose for lunch mashed potatoes were dyed with food color in the following colors: red, green and blue and placed in identical bowls. A fourth bowl contained natural mashed potatoes. The potatoes were served at an elementary school. Identify the control variable.
a)
natural potatoes
b)
red, green, blue potatoes
c)
The same bowls.
d)
Which potatoes were chosen most often.
4.
To test if color affects what children choose for lunch mashed potatoes were dyed with food color in the following colors: red, green and blue and placed in identical bowls. A fourth bowl contained natural mashed potatoes. The potatoes were served at an elementary school. Identify the constants.
a)
The same flavor, smell and bowls.
b)
Natural potatoes, because they are best.
c)
The different colors because they are bright.
d)
The dye.
5.
Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet. He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure applause after playing Under the Sea with each reed. The results were put in the table.
What was the independent variable?
What was the independent variable?
a)
The Song
b)
The Reed
c)
The Applause
6.
Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet. He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure applause after playing Under the Sea with each reed. The results were put in the table.
What was the dependent variable?
What was the dependent variable?
a)
The Song
b)
The Reed
c)
The Applause
7.
Squidward found new reeds to tryout for his clarinet. He used an APPLAUSOMETER to measure applause after playing Under the Sea with each reed. The results were put in the table.
What was controlled?
What was controlled?
a)
The Song
b)
The Reed
c)
The Applause
8.
A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate. What is the dependent variable?
a)
heart rate
b)
type of exercise
c)
amount of exercise
d)
time of day exercise occurs
9.
Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?
a)
Color
b)
Smell
c)
6.84 cm
d)
texture
10.
Explaining the color of a chemical would be what kind of observation?
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quanitative
11.
Nick wanted to see how high an ice cube would float in different temperatures of water. Identify the DEPENDENT variable
-Amount of water
-Height of Ice cube
-Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height
-Temperature of the water
-Size of the ice cube
-Amount of water
-Height of Ice cube
-Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height
-Temperature of the water
-Size of the ice cube
a)
Amount of water
b)
Height of Ice cube
c)
Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height
d)
Size of the ice cube
12.
The following statement is a hypothesis formed about marsh grass:
If the amount of nitrogen marsh grass receives is increased, then the height of the grass will increase, because nitrogen is an essential nutrient needed for marsh grass to grow.
What is the independent variable of the statement above?
If the amount of nitrogen marsh grass receives is increased, then the height of the grass will increase, because nitrogen is an essential nutrient needed for marsh grass to grow.
What is the independent variable of the statement above?
a)
Height of grass
b)
Amount of nitrogen
c)
Essential nutrient
d)
Amount of growth
13.
In the baggie science experiment, phenol red was the ___________to produce a color change.
a)
independent variable
b)
control
c)
dependent variable
d)
was not used in this experiment
14.
Calcium chloride produced an exothermic change in the baggie science lab. Which of the following would be the dependent variable?
a)
amount of calcium chloride used
b)
temperature increasing
c)
temperature decreasing
d)
cannot be determined
e)
the color change
15.
Which would be the best hypothesis from the Baggie Lab?
a)
If more sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) is added to 15 mL of water, then the color would change from red to yellow.
b)
If more sodium bicarbonate(NaHCO3) is added to 2 scoops of CaCl2 and 3 pipets of water, 1 pipet of phenol red, then the more CO2 would be produced.
c)
The more phenol red, the colder the temperature.
d)
If more CaCl2 is added to more phenol red and more water, then the more CO2 produced.
16.
Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test. What is the dependent variable?
a)
How far they kick the soccer ball
b)
who the person is
c)
how well they do on the math test
d)
Type of soccer ball.
17.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Compound
18.
What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?
a)
the paper used
b)
the type of paper airplane
c)
the distance of each plane's flight
d)
how hard the plane is thrown
19.
Research Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?
a)
Type of gasoline
b)
which car the gas is put into
c)
how fast the car can drive
d)
how much gas is put into the car
20.
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 plant
b)
The amount of sunlight
c)
The type of music
d)
The type of liquid
21.
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, what is the dependent variable?
a)
Type of plant
b)
Water, apple juice, milk
c)
Plant growth
d)
Color of the plant's leaves
22.
Ms. S 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 (Ms. S, etc)
23.
Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?
a)
Distance traveled by the ball
b)
Height of the ramp
c)
Mass of the ball
d)
Where the experiment took place.
24.
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?
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.
25.
The part of the experiment that remains the same for the control and experimental group.
a)
constants
b)
control
c)
independent
d)
dependent
26.
Sarah is participating in a walkathon to raise money for local literacy programs. The amount of money Sarah will raise depends on the distance she walks.
m = the amount of money Sarah will raise
d = the distance Sarah walks
Which of the variables is dependent?
m = the amount of money Sarah will raise
d = the distance Sarah walks
Which of the variables is dependent?
a)
m
b)
d
27.
A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.
a)
Diameter of the ball
b)
Force acting on the ball
c)
Height that the ball bounces
d)
Height from which the ball is dropped
28.
The part of the experiment that is manipulated by the scientist.
a)
independent
b)
dependent
c)
control
d)
constant
29.
The part of the experiment that is used for comparison
a)
control
b)
quantitative
c)
data
d)
observation
30.
The data collected supports which of the following questions that Squidward could have tested?
a)
Which song does the audience prefer?
b)
Which instrument does the audience like best?
c)
Which reed length creates the best sound?
d)
How do applause affect performance?
31.
Mr. Krabbs is trying a new money making scheme. On Tuesdays he is selling his crabby patties on colored buns. He usually averages 25 customers per day. On Tuesdays he now averages 27 customers.
What was the control?
What was the control?
a)
The customers
b)
The crabby patty
c)
The colored buns
d)
The number of customers
32.
Mr. Krabbs is trying a new money making scheme. On Tuesdays he is selling his crabby patties on colored buns. He usually averages 25 customers per day. On Tuesdays he now averages 27 customers.
What was the independent variable?
What was the independent variable?
a)
The customers
b)
The crabby patty
c)
The colored buns
d)
The number of customers
33.
Mr. Krabbs is trying a new money making scheme. On Tuesdays he is selling his crabby patties on colored buns. He usually averages 25 customers per day. On Tuesdays he now averages 27 customers.
What was the dependent variable?
What was the dependent variable?
a)
The customers
b)
The crabby patty
c)
The colored buns
d)
The number of customers
34.
Which of the following is a possible conclusion?
a)
Customers liked blue patties best.
b)
The colored patties did not increase sales.
c)
The colored patties increased sales.
d)
Will colored patties improve sales?
35.
A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate. What is the dependent variable?
a)
heart rate
b)
type of exercise
c)
amount of exercise
d)
time of day exercise occurs
36.
How many variables can be tested in a controlled experiment?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
as many as possible
37.
When writing you hypothesis, what information follows IF?
a)
dependent variable
b)
how you know it will happen
c)
independent variable
d)
anything
38.
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 plant
b)
The amount of sunlight
c)
The type of music
d)
The type of liquid
39.
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, what are the controlled variables?
a)
Type of plant, amount of music, and sunlight
b)
Water, apple juice, milk
c)
Plant growth
40.
Which of the following is the best hypothesis?
a)
Orange fish eat the most fish food when compared to all other colors of fish.
b)
If you build it, then they will come.
c)
Global warming was made up by Matt Deike to alter the 2016 election.
d)
If the student practices their solo with 90% accuracy, then she will receive a 1 rating at contest.
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