Scientific Method

Steven is using a #2 pencil

• This is an inference

• This is a prediction

• This is an observation

Studying this Quizizz will help you succeed on the test

• This is an inference

• This is a prediction

• This is an observation

The teacher is making this class hard because she is evil.

• This is an inference

• This is a prediction

• This is an observation

Which of the following is qualitative data?

• The car is speeding at 83 mph

• The manager is wearing a red hat

• A newborn baby weighs 7 lbs

• A football field is 100 yards long

A group of people decide to find out if eating apples reduces the number of colds a person will catch. What is the independent variable?

• The number of apples the test subjects eat

• The number of colds the test subjects catch

• The subjects who do NOT eat apples

• The average age of the test subjects

A group of people decide to find out if eating apples reduces the number of colds a person will catch. What is the dependent variable?

• The number of apples the test subjects eat

• The number of colds the test subjects catch

• The subjects who do NOT eat apples

• The average age of the test subjects

A group of people decide to find out if eating apples reduces the number of colds a person will catch. What is the control group?

• The number of apples the test subjects eat

• The number of colds the test subjects catch

• The subjects who do NOT eat apples

• The average age of the test subjects

A group of people decide to find out if eating apples reduces the number of colds a person will catch. What is a constant?

• The number of apples the test subjects eat

• The number of colds the test subjects catch

• The subjects who do NOT eat apples

• The average age of the test subjects

If your experiment disproves your hypothesis, what does that mean?

• You did the experiment wrong

• You mush change your results to prove your hypothesis

• You learned something

• Hide the results so no one finds out

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

How many variables do you change in an experiment?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• As many as you need

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2