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Independent And Dependent Variables
Test Description: Choose which is the IV and which is the DV
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A farmer applies different fertilizer to his cotton crops to see which will make his plants grow the highest. What is the IV?
A
Growth of plants
B
Height of plants
C
Type of fertilizer
D
Different cotton crops
2) A farmer applies different fertilizer to his cotton crops to see which will make his plants grow the highest. What is the dependent variable?
A
Height of plants
B
Growth of plants
C
Different cotton crops
D
Type of fertilizer
3) I use different types of weed killers on my lawn to see which one kills the most weeds. What is the DV?
A
Amount of weeds killed
B
Types of weed killers
C
Most weeds.
D
Types of weeds
4) I use different types of weed killers on my lawn to see which one kills the most weeds. What is the IV?
A
Type of weed killer.
B
Most weeds.
C
Types of weeds.
D
Amount of weeds killed.
5) 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 IV?
A
Types of pain reliever
B
Amount of medication
C
The amount of time until the pain was relieved
D
Headaches
6) 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 DV?
A
Amount of time until pain was relieved
B
Headaches
C
Types of pain relievers
D
Amount of medication.
7) To test the safety of a car crash, tests will test different types of cars in collision situation. They want to determine in which car the crash test dummy receives the least amount of damage. What is the DV?
A
Amount of damage to the dummy.
B
Number of dummies.
C
Amount of collisions
D
Amount of damage to the car
8) To test the safety of a car crash, tests will test different types of cars in collision situations. They want to determine in which car the crash test dummy receives the least amount of damage. What is the IV?
A
Type of crash
B
Type of car
C
Type of dummy
D
Amount of damage
9) A scientist wanted to determine the color flower that bees are most attracted to. She placed different colors if the same type of flower near each other and counted the number of bees that visited each flower color. What is the IV?
A
Color of the flower
B
Number of bees
C
Type of bees
D
Type of flower
10) A scientist wanted to determine the color flower that bees are most attracted to. She placed different colors of the same type of flower near each other and counted the number of bees that visited each flower color. What is the DV?
A
Color of the flower
B
Types of bees.
C
Number of bees
D
Type of flower
11) Scientists wanted to determine the levels of pollution that a fish could withstand. They placced fish in tanks with differing pollution levels and timed how long they could live under those conditions. What is the IV?
A
Amount of time survived
B
Type of pollution
C
Levels of pollution
D
Type of fish
12) Scientists wanted to determine the levels of pollution that a fish could withstand. They placed fish in tanks with differing pollution levels and timed how long they could live under those conditions. What is the DV?
A
Amount of time before death
B
Type of fish
C
Type of pollution
D
Level of pollution
13) The independent variable is the one you measure.
A
False
B
True
14) The independent variable is the variable that you change.
A
False
B
True
15) How many independent variables can you have in an experiment?
A
2
B
3
C
1
D
As many as you want.
16) The dependent variable is the variable that you measure.
A
False
B
True
17) The dependent variable is the variable that you change.
A
False
B
True
18) How many dependent variable(s) can you have in an experiment?
A
As many as you can measure
B
3
C
1
D
2
19) What is another name for independent variable?
A
constant
B
hypothesis
C
manipulated
D
responding
20) What is another name for dependent variable?
A
hypothesis
B
constant
C
manipulated
D
responding
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