Vocabulary
Variables
Graphing
What's Wrong
Grab Bag
100
This is a small, specific piece of information.
What is a detail?
100
This variable is labeled on the vertical axis of a graph.
What is the independent variable?
100
You should label this variable on the vertical axis of a graph.
What is the dependent variable?
100
A student wanted to know if studying actually improved test grades. He asked 40 friends to help him test his hypothesis. 20 friends studied Biology and the other 20 studied Algebra. Everyone recorded test scores.
What is there is no Control Group OR the groups do not have constants?
100
There are this many sections on the test on Monday.
What is three?
200
The word means to use the five senses to notice details about something.
What is observe?
200
Hypothesis: Studying this weekend will help you on Monday. State the dependent variable.
What is "test grade"?
200
These are the even spaces between units of measurement in a scale.
What are intervals?
200
An experimental setup to test the effect of temperature on plant growth uses 18 plants.
What is the sample size is not big enough?
200
There will be three poorly-designed experimental setups on the test. You have to say what's wrong with how many of them?
What is two?
300
Having the same sample size for both groups is one example of a...
What is a sample size?
300
Hypothesis: You will run faster if you eat cookies. State the independent variable.
What is "eat cookies"?
300
Graph Title: The Effect of Plant Food on Plant Growth. What label should you write on the horizontal axis of a graph?
What is "Plant Food"?
300
Hypothesis: Drinking water keeps you makes you read faster. A student has 15 friends drink water and then read. Another 15 friends don't drink water and then read. The groups count how many pages they read and how many minutes they read. The student records this data in a data table.
What is there are two dependent variables?
300
Solving this type of puzzle helps you practice using a step-by-step method.
What is Sudoku?
400
This word means "to read." The opposite of this word means "hard to read."
What is legible?
400
An experimental group in an experiment tests the effect of chocolate on height. What is one possible unit of measurement for the dependent variable?
What is inches or feet?
400
These are the labels on a graph: Weight Gain (pounds) and Studying (hours). State a possible title for the graph.
What is The Effect of Studying on Weight Gain.
400
Hypothesis: What would happen if I screamed at a teacher? A student asked 40 friends to help him do an experiment. 20 friends screamed at the same teacher and then recorded what happened. Another 20 students didn't scream at the teacher and then recorded what happened.
What is there is no hypothesis?
400
At what time does class begin an end?
What is 2nd - 9:40-10:28 4th - 11:30-12:18 7th - 2:00-2:48 8th - 2:50-3:40
500
This is the type of graphic organizer you should use to outline an experimental setup on your test.
What is a Venn Diagram?
500
A control group in an experiment does not watch television for one week and then measures how many inches everyone grew. What is the independent variable?
What is watching television?
500
You find this by identifying the highest number and the lowest number in a data table. Once you find this you can figure out a scale.
What is a range?
500
You are confused in class and you aren't doing your work. You should...
What is ask for help?
500
Which color codes for grades mean you should ask for extra help today after school?
What orange and red?
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