Experimental Design Quiz Review

A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.

The colour of each car is _____ data

• Qualitative

• Continuous

• Discrete

A shop owner records information about his customers.

The distance they traveled to get to the shop is _____ data

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Where is the dependent variable placed on a graph?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• either the x-axis or the y-axis

• neither the x-axis nor the y-axis

What type of graph should be used to show how many students got an A, B, C, D, or F on a unit exam?

• bar graph

• histogram

• line

• pie chart

• scatterplot

How many students take the bus to school?

• 35
• 20
• 10
• 15

Which type of graph shows change over time?

• bar graph
• line graph
• circle graph

During which month is the greatest (biggest) amount of runoff?

• May

• December

• June

• March

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A scientist wanted to see if the amount of garbage that Americans threw away changed over time. He collected information and then showed his results in the graph below.

Based on this graph, what could the scientist say about the amount of garbage that each person threw away?

• It increased over time

• it decreased over time

• it increased the most in 1980

• It decreased the most in 1990

If students spend more time using TikTok, then they will read fewer books. Identify the independent variable.

• amount of time on TikTok

• number of books read

• There isn't one.

Put the steps of the scientific method in order.

• Make a hypothesis

• Research

• Ask a question

• Conclusion

• Experiment