Variables in Experiments Quiz

In an experiment, what is the dependent variable?

• The variable you are testing (changing)

• What you find out by doing the experiment

• A variable you always keep the same

• Anything that changes in an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What does the term "independent variable" mean?

• The variable you are testing (changing)

• What you find out by doing the experiment

• A variable you always keep the same

• Anything that changes in an experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which phase of matter is likely to be found at the highest temperature?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which phase of matter is likely to be found at the lowest temperature?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What does it take 365 ½ days to complete?

• A day

• A month

• A year

• A week

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the Earth doing when it travels around the sun?

• Rotating

• Spinning

• Revolving

• Circling

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Salinity is the -

• Measure of all the salts dissolved in water

• Thick layers of sediment on the ocean floor

• Mixing of waters at various temperatures

• Runoff of sand, mud, and rocks into the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which organisms serve as producers within an ocean food web?

• Baby fish

• Whales

• Algae

• Invertebrates

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which ocean floor feature has the greatest depth?

• Continental slope

• Trench

• Abyssal plain

• Continental shelf

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3