Variables
What is the X axis?
This type of graph is good for comparing data.
What is a bar graph?
Two people are testing the results of coffee in the morning. They gave 30 kids coffee, and 30 kids nothing. The independent variable is..?
The coffee.
Define a hypothesis.
What is a "theory" or observation a scientist makes?
The dependent variable falls on the _ axis.
What is the Y axis?
This type of graph is good for showing trends in data.
What is a line graph?
Two friends want to test if a drink can make your vocal range bigger. They gave 20 kids the new drink, and 20 kids nothing. The dependent variable is..?
The kids who got the drink's vocal range.
Define a constant.
What is something that stays the same over the course of an experiment?
This type of variable is depends on what another type of variable does.
What is a dependent variable?
This type of graph is good for showing the difference between values (typically in a percentage format).
What is a pie chart?
A group of kids want to test how a program to make their Chromebook faster works. They give 5 kids the new program (Group A), and 5 kids get the same as always (Group B). The control group is..?
Group B.
Define a data table.
What is a formal way to organize data?
This type of variable is something scientists control, and tend to influence another type of variable.
What is an independent variable?
This graph serves to display similar data to bar graphs.
What is a dot plot?
Someone wants to test if a certain food makes you better at math. They decide to give 10 kids the special food, and 10 kids nothing. They take different quizzes. The mistake in this experiment is..?
They took different quizzes, when they should have taken the same one.
Define the meaning of quantitative.
What is numerical data gathered during an experiment?
This type of variable stays consistent through all areas of an experiment.
What is a control variable?
This type of graph is good to compare two numerical variables.
What is a scatter plot?
Someone wants to test the success of different ad blockers. They decide to test two different ad blockers for 5 days each. What is the experiment missing?
A control group, or device without an adblocker in this situation
Define the meaning of qualitative.
What is non-numerical data gathered during an experiment.