Scientific method and IV and DV quiz

Does the type of shoes affect the running speed.  What is the IV?

• Affect
• Type of shoes
• Brand of shoes
• Running Speed

The variable that I can change?

• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable
• None of the above

Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall a Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?

• Monica's growth
• drinking milk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A test or trial to discover something unknown

• Data
• Question
• Experiment
• Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

• yes
• no

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?

• quantitative
• qualitative

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?

• qualitative
• quantitative

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable