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GRAPHING
Independent or NAW
100

This variable that is used for comparison is called this.

What is a controlled variable?

100

Your tri-folds are due ______________.

Monday

100
"The farther a ball drops, the higher it will bounce." This is the independent variable.
What is the distance the ball drops?
100

The independent variable is located on this axis.

X-AXIS

100

"Does the type of fertilizer affect how tall a plant grows?"

How tall the plant grows.

NAW

Type of fertilizer

200

Responds to the changing variable in an experiment

What is a dependent variable?

200

In an experiment, what a scientist measures or observes to see the effect is called the ___________.

What is dependent variable?

200
"The type of shoe affects how fast someone can run." This is the dependent variable.
What is the speed they run?
200

The y-axis represents this variable.

Dependent Variable

200

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

300

This is the changing variable in an experiment

What is an independent variable?

300

In an experiment, what the scientist changes is called the _____________.

What is independent variable?

300

"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?

300

An ordered pair.

Coordinate

300

"Drinking energy drinks make people more aggressive."

Whether they had an energy drink or not.

IV

400

A series of steps that engineers follow as they solve problems.

Engineering Design Process

400

A ________ is what is used for comparison in a test.

Control

400
In the maple syrup, flow rate experiment, this is the dependent variable.
What is the flow rate of the syrup?
400

Acronym for graphing we use.

T. A. I. L. S

400

"How funny a cartoon is when watched either alone or with others."

The cartoon

NAW

Watched alone or with others

500
  • Observations made using the 5 senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

QUALITATIVE

500

The _____________ of a graph must be equal.

What is fair?

500
In the reaction time, ruler experiment, this is the independent variable.
What is gender?
500

Format for the title of a graph.

DV vs IV

500

"Eating breakfast in the morning increases ability to learn in school"

Whether they ate breakfast before school or not.

IV