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Data Introduction

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall a Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?
a)
Monica's growth
b)
drinking milk
2.

What is the INDEPENDENT variable? You are testing which type 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

3.
Marcos wants to know: 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
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 (Ms. S, etc)
5.

Does the flavor of ice cream effect how fast the ice cream melts? The flavor of ice cream is the....

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

6.

How does watching TV during studying affect a student’s test grades? Student's grades are the....

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

7.

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

a)

independent; dependent

b)

dependent; independent

8.
A(n) _____________ variable depends on or is changed by another variable.
a)
dependent
b)
independent
9.

You use this type of graph when percentages are involved

a)

pie or circle graph

b)

bar graph

c)

line graph

10.

You use this type of graph when you are comparing part to another part.

a)

pie or circle graph

b)

bar graph

c)

line graph

11.

You use this type of graph when comparing a change over the course of time

a)

pie or circle graph

b)

bar graph

c)

line graph

12.

Lionel wants to measure the growth of his tomato plant over the course of 6 weeks. What type of graph would be best for him to use?

a)

pie or circle graph

b)

bar graph

c)

line graph

13.

What type of graph would you use for the following: Displaying results from a survey of marital status (single, married, divorced, widowed)

a)

Circle Graph

b)

Line Graph

c)

Bar Graph

d)

Scatter Plot

14.

What type of graph would you use for the following: You want to show the percentage of how someone spends their time in a given day (ex. 30% sleeping, 25% at school, 10% playing video games, etc.)

a)

Scatter Plot

b)

Line Graph

c)

Circle Graph

d)

Bar Graph

15.

What type of graph would you use for the following: You want to show the average cost of a gallon of gas each year for a 10 year span (from 2011 – 2020)

a)

Line Graph

b)

Double Line Graph

c)

Circle Graph

d)

Venn Diagram

16.
The higher the temperature of water, the faster the egg will cook.  Select the independent variable.
a)
Faster Egg Cooks
b)
Higher Temperature
17.
Steve wanted to see if the type of fertilizer made sunflowers grow larger. What is the dependent variable 
a)
Type of fertilizer
b)
Size of sunflower
c)
Type of sunflower
18.
Robert wanted to know if the type of phone you used gave you better or worse service. What is the independent variable. 
a)
Location of phone call
b)
Type of phone
c)
How good the service was
19.

What is the dependent variable?

The amount of donuts to order and the number of students in the class.

a)

The amount of donuts to order

b)

The number of students in the class

20.

David measures how many inches his tomato plant grows every week.

IV: ​ (a)  

DV: ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
week
inches
David
sunlight
21.
Stacy measured the speed of 5 birds that lived around her house. What is the Independent variable?
a)
Type of Bird
b)
Speed of Bird
c)
weather outside
22.
The number of orange Skittles in a bag. 
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
23.
The number of suitcases lost by airlines. 
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
24.
Joe is losing an average of .5 pounds a week.  Is this continuous or discrete data?
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
25.
The time it takes for a light bulb to burn out. 
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
26.
While driving to Florida, Sophia averaged 72 m.p.h. 
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
27.
Graph of the growth of a plant for the next 30 days. 
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
28.
The number of school lunches sold during the month. 
a)
Discrete
b)
Continuous
29.

Determine if the data set is discrete or continuous.


The temperature at noon.

a)

discrete

b)

continuous

30.
Which one of the following is discrete data?
a)
Sam is 160 cm tall
b)
Sam weighs 60 lbs.
c)
Sam ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds
d)
Sam has two brothers and one sister

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