Name the Control Group
Jesse wanted to see if Gatorade would help bean plants grow. He poured Gatorade on half of the bean plants and just used water on the rest.
The group with the water.
Maria was growing beans and wanted to know if growing them in water would cause less gas vs. growing them in soil.
The ones grown in water.
Some fish in the aquarium were fed fish food with vitamins in it and others were just fed regular food to see if they grew bigger.
fish food with vitamins
Some fish in the aquarium were fed fish food with vitamins in it and others were just fed regular food to see if they grew bigger.
Whether they got bigger
The Eiffel Tower in France can be 15 cm ______ during the summer
taller
Girls wanted to see if boys liked them better if they wore glitter. Half of them wore glitter and half of them did not.
The girls with no glitter.
Lupe turned up the Ferris Wheel to see if a faster speed would make more people sick.
The people who got the faster ride.
Alpo just invented a new dog food with ice cream sprinkles in it. They tested it on half of the dogs at the shelter to see if it made them gain weight. They did not give it to the other 1/2.
The dog food with ice cream sprinkles.
Alpo just invented a new dog food with ice cream sprinkles in it. They tested it on half of the dogs at the shelter to see if it made them gain weight. They did not give it to the other 1/2.
Whether the dogs gained weight
Babies have around 100 more _________ than adults.
bones
Some fish in the aquarium were fed fish food with vitamins in it and others were just fed regular food.
The ones with the regular food.
Half of the boys put on Axe Gold body spray so the girls would like them. The other half didn't.
The group with the Axe.
Part of the 7th grade football team decided to practice an extra 30 minutes daily to see if it would help them score more points.
The extra 30 minutes of practice
Some of the girl scouts selling cookies decided to smile when asking someone to buy cookies to see if they sold more. The other girl scouts did not.
How many boxes of cookies were sold.
Hawaii moves 7.5cm _________ to Alaska every year.
closer
We want to see if writing with a mechanical pencil reduces hand fatigue (tiredness). The control group would be the ones that _______________.
wrote with a regular pencil
Half of the students studied for a test for their normal time, 30 minutes. The other half studied for an extra hour.
The group that studied for the extra hour.
Some of the girl scouts selling cookies decided to smile when asking someone to buy cookies to see if they sold more. The other girl scouts did not.
smiling when asking people to buy cookies
Part of the 7th grade football team decided to practice an extra 30 minutes daily to see if it would help them score more points.
whether they scored more points
__________ is the only planet to spin clockwise. (It's one of the 4 inner ones.)
Venus
The nutrition department wants to see if giving students energy drinks at lunch vs. milk will help them stay awake.
Whataburger decided to see if half of their customers were happier if they got an extra slice of cheese for free. The other half got the normal amount.
The group with the extra slice.
One weekend, Bubba used a new kind of bait to go fishing for catfish to see if he would catch more fish with it. The weekend after that, he used his regular bait.
the new bait
One weekend, Bubba used a new kind of bait to go fishing for catfish to see if he would catch more fish with it. The weekend after that, he used his regular bait.
whether he caught more fish
A man spent 68 years of his life doing this. (It's an uncontrollable function that you can't stop sometimes.)
hiccuping