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Graphing in science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Quantitative or Qualitative Observation?

John's shirt is blue.

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

2.

Quantitative or Qualitative Observation?

There are 15 boys in this classroom.

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

3.

Identify the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE.

If leaf color change is related to temperature, then exposing plants to low temperatures will result in changes in leaf color.

a)

leaf color

b)

temperature

c)

plants

d)

amount of time

4.

Identify the DEPENDENT VARIABLE.

If leaf color change is related to temperature, then exposing plants to low temperatures will result in changes in leaf color.

a)

leaf color

b)

temperature

c)

plants

d)

amount of time

5.

Identify the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE.

If hatching brine shrimp is related to salinity (how salty water is), then the greater the salt concentration, the higher the hatching rate.

a)

amount of salt

b)

number of brine shrimp

c)

type of shrimp

d)

type of shrimp

6.

Identify the DEPENDENT VARIABLE.

If hatching brine shrimp is related to salinity (how salty water is), then the greater the salt concentration, the higher the hatching rate.

a)

amount of salt

b)

number of shrimp

c)

type of shrimp

d)

type of shrimp

7.

A student wanted to test how the mass of a paperplane affected the distance it would fly. Paperclips were added before each test flight. As each paperclip was added, the plane was tested to determine how far it flew.

What is a controlled variable?

a)

number of paperclips

b)

number of times thrown

c)

distance flown

d)

size of paperplane

8.

A plumber is interested in how much water flows through a tap with different sized openings.

What is a controlled variable?

a)

water flow rate

b)

size of tap opening

c)

water pressure

d)

time

9.
The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.
a)

manually change

b)
keep the same
c)
experiment with
d)

measure

10.

The variable that you measure in the experiment is the -

a)

Independent Variable (IV)

b)

Dependent Variable (DV)

c)

Controlled Variable (CV)

d)
Repeated Trial
11.

What is the independent variable (cause) is this experiment?

"Which type of medium (soil or sand) is best for plant growth?"

a)

height of plant (cm)

b)

type of medium (soil or sand)

c)

amount of medium (soil or sand)

d)

types of plant

12.

What is the dependent variable (effect) is this experiment?

"Does eating breakfast improve test score?"

a)

eating breakfast or not

b)

the grade you got on the test

c)

what time you get up in the morning

d)

how tasty the breakfast is

13.

What type of data is the weights of food items?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

14.

What type of data is the height of students?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

15.

Mood can be measured as sad, flat, ambivalent or happy. What type of data is this?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

16.

The isles in a supermarket are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. What type of data is isle number?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

17.

This graph represents the number of different types of bird species in a zoo. Why is wrong with the graph?

a)

the scale on the y-axis is not even

b)

the scale on the x-axis is not even

c)

There is no title

18.

What is wrong with this graph?

a)

Missing title

b)

The label on an axis is missing units

c)

Values on an axis are not evenly spaced

19.

What is a controlled variable?

a)

An experimental element which is constant and unchanged throughout the course of the investigation.

b)

the variable that is manipulated to measure its effect on the DV.

20.

What is wrong with this graph?

a)

Missing title

b)

An axis is missing a label

c)

Values on an axis are not evenly spaced