Scientific Inquiry Quiz

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three of the same type of plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

• Dependent variable (measured)

• Independent variable (changes)

• Controlled variable

• Compound variable

Research Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car affect how fast the car can drive? What is the independent variable?

• How fast the car can drive

• Type of gasoline

• Which car to put the gas into

• How much gas to put into the car

What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?

• The paper used

• The distance of the paper airplane

• The type of paper airplane

• How hard is the paper airplane thrown

Mrs. Padgett thinks the mass of a ball affects the distance it will roll off a ramp. What is the DEPENDENT variable?

• Distance traveled by the ball

• Height of the ramp

• Mass of the ball

• Where the experiment took place.

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The _______________ variable is the manipulated or changed by the experimenter

• dependent

• independent

• controll

The measurable variable of an experiment is known as the _________________

• dependent

• independent

• controlled

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Walker is testing which fertilizer will grow the tallest grass. The height of the grown grass is the _____________________ variable.

• dependent (measured)

• independent (changes)

• controlled (same)

Khaleel is testing how the use of stress balls during testing affects a student's test score. The students' average test scores is the _________ variable.

• dependent (measurable)

• independent (changed)

• controlled (same)

The mass of the balls used in an experiment are 21 kilograms, 24 kilograms, and 18 kilograms. These are all…….

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Constant Data

• Rigged Data

The rock has a shiny luster, is very dense, and seems to have flake off or crack very easily. These are all………

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Constant Data

• Rigged Data