Name that group
If I am testing if a new sunlamp works better than fluorescent lamps in preventing depression, which group is the experimental group?
What is the group with the sunlamp?
An experiment is testing how the temperature affects the growth of fungus. The independent variable is
What is the temperature?
A researcher wants to see why animals in the city are not migrating at the same time. They think that it may be caused by global warming. An appropriate hypothesis would be...
What is "If the temperature increases, then animals will migrate later."
The place on the graph where the independent variable is placed.
What is the X axis? (horizontal axis)
A possible answer for a question
What is a Hypothesis
If I am testing if a new sunlamp works better than fluorescent lamps in preventing depression, which group is the control group?
What is the group with fluorescent lamps?
An experiment is testing how the temperature affects the growth of fungus. The dependent variable is
What is the growth of fungus?
An experiment is set up to measure the weekly growth of a plant if it receives a new fertilizer. An appropriate hypothesis might be...
What is "If I give tomato seedlings the fertilizer, then they will grow faster than the seedlings that don't get the fertilizer."?
The place on the graph where the dependent variable is placed.
What is the Y axis (vertical axis)?
An answer that has been tested multiple times and is still supported.
What is a theory?
If I am testing if a new bug repellent works better than OFF, which is the experimental group?
What is the group with the new repellent?
An experiment is testing if smoke from forest fires affects the rate of asthma in children. The dependent variable is...
What is the rate of asthma?
If I am testing if a new solar panel collects more energy than the curent model, what would be an appropriate hypothesis?
The place on a chart where the data for the independent variable is placed.
What is the left side.
What step comes after making a hypothesis?
If I am testing if a new bug repellent works better than OFF, which is the control group?
What is the group with OFF
An experiment is testing if smoke from forest fires affects the rate of asthma in children. The independent variable is...
What is the level of smoke in the air?
If I design an experiment in which I test the amount of pollution in a pond and the number of species that are found in the pond, my hypothesis might have been...
What is "If the amount of pollution increases, then the number of species in the water will decrease"?
The place on the data chart where the dependent variable is placed.
What is to the right.
An important thing that a hypothesis must be.
What is testable?
The group that changes the independent variable is the
What is the experimental group?
If I keep the temperature, amount of water, and amount of sunlight the same, these are the...
What is the controlled variable?
My hypothesis was that a plant will grow taller using my fertilizer instead of the usual fertilizer.
The data shows that the experimental group grew to 5cm in 2 weeks and the control group grew to 6 cm in 2 weeks. What conclusion can I come to.
What is "My hypothesis is not supported."/
An experiment is testing the amount of oxygen in the pond water at different temperatures. An appropriate title might be...
What is "The Effect of Temperature on Oxygen Content"?
You must do this AFTER you collect your data, but BEFORE you can come to a conclusion.