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Independent and Dependent Variable

Quiz by MG Enriquez

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  • Q1
    A farmer applies different fertilizer to his cotton crops, to see which will make his plants grow the highest. What is an independent variable?
    Height of plants
    Type of fertilizer
    Growth of plants
    Different cotton crops
    30s
  • Q2
    A farmer applies different fertilizer to his cotton crops, to see which will make his plants grow the highest. What is the dependent variable?
    Growth of plants
    Height of plants
    different cotton crops
    Type of fertilizer
    30s
  • Q3
    I use different types of weed killers on my lawn to see which one kills the most weeds. What is the dependent variable?
    Most weeds
    Types of weeds killer
    Types of weeds
    Amount of weeds killed
    30s
  • Q4
    I use different types of weed killers on my lawn to see which one kills the most weeds. What is an independent variable?
    Most weeds
    types of weeds
    Amount of weeds killed
    Types of weeds killer
    30s
  • Q5
    In a study about headaches, doctors gave patients Alieve, Tylenol, Advil, and Excedrin, to see which medication would relieve the headache pain the fastest. The doctors timed how long it took the medication to work. What is the independent variable?
    Headaches
    Types of pain reliever
    Amount of time until pain was relieved
    Amount of medication
    30s
  • Q6
    A scientist wanted to determine the color flower that bees are most attracted to. She placed colors of the same type of flower near each other and counted the number of bees that visited each flower color. What is the dependent variable?
    Number of bees
    Color of flower
    Types of bees
    Type of flower
    30s
  • Q7
    The independent variable is the one you measure.
    Sometimes
    True
    Maybe
    False
    30s
  • Q8
    The dependent variable is the variable that you measure.
    False
    Maybe
    Sometimes
    True
    30s
  • Q9
    How many dependent variables can you have in an experiment?
    Two variables
    Only 1
    None
    As many as you can measure
    30s
  • Q10
    How many independent variables can you have in an experiment?
    Two
    as many as you want
    One
    Three only
    30s

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