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Scientific Method Practice

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10 questions

USE THIS HYPOTHESIS TO ANSWER THE NEXT 3 QUESTIONS. 

If runners drink Gatorade before and during a race then they will have faster race times.

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Question 8

8.

“faster race times” is the _____________

Control Group

Experimental Group

Dependent Variable

Question 9

9.

The group that drinks Gatorade is known as the ___________

Control Group

Control Variable

Dependent Variable

Question 10

10.

Which of the following could NOT be an example of a control variable?

Similar running abilities

Same amount of sleep before the race

Same runners 

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Question 2

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Question 3

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Question 4

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Question 5

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Question 6

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Question 7

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Control Variable

Independent Variable

Independent Variable

Experimental Group

Drinking Powerade

Running the same race

The variable that is changed or introduced in the experiment  in order to test/observe the effects it has on the dependent variable.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable

The variable whose reaction is being observed and measured and should be dependent upon the one variable that is introduced/changed. These must be quantifiable.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable

The variables that are kept the same throughout the experiment, in order to ensure the reaction is ONLY caused by the independent variable and not something else.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable

The group that does NOT receive the independent variable. It is used as a point of comparison in order to more precisely and accurately determine the effects of the IV.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable

The group in the experiment that receives the independent variable. There can be more than one experimental group.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable

Information that can be physically measured and recorded with/in numbers.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable

All information that can be observed with our senses, and provides information about the qualities of something.

A. Experimental Group

B. Control Group

C. Quantitative Data

D. Qualitative Data

E. Independent Variable

F. Dependent Variable

G. Control Variable