Variables & Graphing

A study was done to find is different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car.

• type of car

• Constant

• braking distance

• Manipulated Variable

• type of tire treads

• Responding Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

The time it takes to run a mile depends on the person's running speed.

• Time it takes the person to run a mile

• Manipulated Variable

• The person's running speed

• Constant

• The type of path the person runs on

• Responding Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The height of the bean plants depends on the amount of water they receive.

• The height of the bean plants

• Constant

• The type of plant

• Manipulated Variable

• Amount of water the bean plants receive

• Responding Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The higher the temperature of air in the oven, the faster a cake will bake.

• The type of cake

• Manipulated Variable

• The temperature of the air in the oven

• Responding Variable

• How fast the cake bakes

• Constant

Lemon trees receiving the most water produced the most lemons

• The number of lemons

• Manipulated variable

• The amount of water

• Constant

• The amount of sunlight

• Responding variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An investigation found that more bushels of potatoes were produced when the soil was fertilized more.

• The amount of fertilizer

• Manipulated variable

• How many bushels of potatoes produced

• Constant

• The amount of water

• Responding variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The amount of pollution produced by cars was measure for cars using gasoline containing different amounts of lead

• The amount of pollution produced

• Constant

• The distance the car travelled

• Manipulated variable

• The amount of lead

• Responding variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A student conducted an experiment to see if a popular brand of plant food had any effect on bean plants growing in sand.

The manipulated variable in the experiment is

• plant food

• bean growth

• sand

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Another name for the manipulated variable is

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Responding Variable

• Constant Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Another name for the responding variable is

• Dependent variable

• Independent Variable

• Manipulated Variable

• Constant Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2