Unit 1- ch.1 Intro to P.S.
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- Q1You construct the four graphs shown above to show the rate at which four different disease-producing bacteria grow. Which bacterium would produce a disease in the shortest amount of time?Bacterium 2Bacterium 4Bacterium 3Bacterium 160sEditDelete
- Q2You think that a certain part of your brain is important in memory. To test this, you will remove this part of the brain from rats and see if they remember how to get through the maze. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?remembering how to get through the mazeremoval of certain part of brain60sEditDelete
- Q3You want to see if playing music makes plants grow taller. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?height of plantmusic being played60sEditDelete
- Q4A soap manufacturer wants to prove that their detergent works better to remove tough stains. What is the dependent variable?detergentremoval of stain60sEditDelete
- Q5You want to test a new drug that supposedly prevents sneezing in people allergic to grass. What is the independent variable?druggrasssneezing60sEditDelete
- Q6You want to measure the effect of different amounts of oxygen on the rate of yeast growth. What is the dependent variable?rate of yeast growthamount of oxygen60sEditDelete
- Q7You think that a certain part of your brain is important in memory. To test this, you will remove this part of the brain from rats and see if they remember how to get through the maze. What is the independent variable in this experiment?removal of certain part of brainremembering how to navigate through the maze60sEditDelete
- Q8You want to see if playing music makes plants grow taller. What is the independent variable in this experiment?music being playedheight of plant60sEditDelete
- Q9A florist wants to see if Product X will extend the life of cut flowers so that they last longer. What is the dependent variable?adding product Xthe life of the flowers60sEditDelete
- Q10A florist wants to see if Product X will extend the life of cut flowers so that they last longer. What is the independent variable?adding product Xlife of flowers60sEditDelete
- Q11Justin usually blows his nose using Kleenex tissues. His snot keeps leaking through the tissue. He decided he is going to create an experiment to find out if there is something better. What is his control group?amount of tissueKleenextype of tissueJustin60sEditDelete
- Q12Mario studied how far room temperature water would spurt out of a plastic milk carton when 3mm holes were punched at different heights from the bottom of the container. Identify a constant.distance water traveled out of carton3 mm holesice water from Icelanddifferent heights of holes in container60sEditDelete
- Q13Nick wanted to see how high an ice cube would float in different temperatures of water. Identify the independent variable.temperature of watertemperature the ice cube was at its' highest heightamount of waterheight of ice cube60sEditDelete
- Q14Tiffany was investing how fast it took Hayden to react to different sounds. Identify the dependent variable.playing the trumpet over and overHaydenhow fast Hayden reactedhow much time it took Hayden to react60sEditDelete
- Q15Justin usually blows his nose using Kleenex tissues. His snot keeps leaking through the tissue. He decided he is going to create an experiment to find out if there is something better. What is 1 constant?type of tissueamount of tissueJustinmass of the snots the tissue can hold60sEditDelete
- Q16Mr. McNiece wanted to see how different types of music affected students' pulse rates. She played different types of music: heavy metal, rap, R&B, alternative, pop, country, and classical music. What constant should be considered when doing this experiment?amount of time the music was playedusing a different student for each music typeuse all dead peopletypes of music120sEditDelete
- Q17Which of the following cannot be tested by a scientific experiment?What is the freezing point of iodine?Is pizza better tasting than hamburgers?How does gravity work?60sEditDelete
- Q18After scientists analyze the results of their experiments, they ____.include a controlmake a conclusionform hypotheseschoose the variables they want to test60sEditDelete
- Q19Which of the following steps to solve a problem must be completed after you make an observation?analyzing dataask questionstesting a hypothesisforming a hypothesis60sEditDelete
- Q20Which of the following steps to solve a problem is completed SECOND to last?testing a hypothesisanalyzing datamake observationsdrawing conclusions60sEditDelete