Definitions
This variable that is used for comparison is called this.
What is a controlled variable?
Your tri-folds are due ______________.
Monday
The independent variable is located on this axis.
X-AXIS
"Does the type of fertilizer affect how tall a plant grows?"
How tall the plant grows.
NAW
Type of fertilizer
Responds to the changing variable in an experiment
What is a dependent variable?
In an experiment, what a scientist measures or observes to see the effect is called the ___________.
What is dependent variable?
The y-axis represents this variable.
Dependent Variable
The greater the amount of soap in a soap, water mixture, the bigger the soap bubble can be blown.
TYPE OF SOAP
NAW
Amount of Soap
This is the changing variable in an experiment
What is an independent variable?
In an experiment, what the scientist changes is called the _____________.
What is independent variable?
"The greater the amount of soap in a soap, water mixture, the bigger the soap bubble can be blown." This is the independent variable.
What is the amount of soap in the mixture?
An ordered pair.
Coordinate
"Drinking energy drinks make people more aggressive."
Whether they had an energy drink or not.
IV
A series of steps that engineers follow as they solve problems.
Engineering Design Process
A ________ is what is used for comparison in a test.
Control
Acronym for graphing we use.
T. A. I. L. S
"How funny a cartoon is when watched either alone or with others."
The cartoonNAW
Watched alone or with others
QUALITATIVE
The _____________ of a graph must be equal.
What is fair?
Format for the title of a graph.
DV vs IV
"Eating breakfast in the morning increases ability to learn in school"
Whether they ate breakfast before school or not.
IV