This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Variables > Dependent And Independent Variable – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a prediction? A) A prediction is the right answer to an experiment. B) A prediction is the wrong answer to an experiment. C) A prediction is an educated guess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prediction is an educated guess. 2. Justin wants to determine the effect of different animal food brands on his guinea pig's weight. What is the dependent variable? A) The food brand. B) Guinea pig's weight. C) The amount of food given. D) The guinea pig's size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guinea pig's weight. 3. What topic can you partner with the independent variable weight? A) Weight and Self-confidence. B) Weight and Collaboration. C) Weight and Vocabulary Skills. D) Weight and Creativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weight and Self-confidence. 4. Walker is testing which fertilizer will grow the tallest grass. The fertilizer used is the ..... variable. A) Constant. B) Independent. C) Dependent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 5. A comprehension test was given to students after they had studied textbook material either in silence or with the television turned on. What is a controlled variable? A) Score on test. B) Television turned on. C) Silence. D) Textbook material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Textbook material. 6. Katie is preforming an experiment by giving 5 plants different amounts of water and seeing witch one will grow the tallest. What is the Constant Variable? (Hint:The constant Variable will always stay the same.) A) Katie. B) The amounts of water. C) The type of plant. D) How tall the plants grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The type of plant. 7. Students took a test after they had studied either in silence or with the television turned on. What is the dependent variable? A) Subject. B) Television turned on. C) Silence. D) Score on test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Score on test. 8. Scenario:You want to test whether growth hormone helps to create bigger cows. What is the Dependent Variable? (Remember:Dependent Variables are what is being measured or observed.) A) Growth Hormone. B) How much the cows eat. C) The weight of the cows. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The weight of the cows. 9. In an experiment, a randomly selected group of subjects that gets no treatment, gets a placebo, or gets an established or standard treatment. A) Control group. B) Treatments. C) Subjects. D) Observational study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 10. The independent variable is the ONE thing I am ..... to test your testable question. A) Using as a constant. B) Experimenting with. C) Keeping the same. D) Changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changing. 11. Ms. O'Brien wanted to see which brand of cola exploded the highest when she put a Mento in the bottle. What is the independent variable? A) Types of colas. B) Ms. O'Brien. C) Mento. D) Height of spray. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Types of colas. 12. In a science experiment, what is an independent variable? A) The thing that you change. B) The thing that you measure. C) The thing that you keep the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thing that you change. 13. Scenario:You want to test whether growth hormone helps to create bigger cows. What is the Independent Variable? (Remember:Independent Variables are what "I"change in the experiment. A) How much the cows weigh. B) The amount of growth hormone. C) How much the cows eat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of growth hormone. 14. Find the IV:You experiment to discover if your pulse rate is affected by caffeine A) Amount of caffeine. B) Amount of exercise. C) Temperature of room. D) Pulse rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amount of caffeine. 15. WHICH ANSWER IS A CONTROL FOR THE QUESTION:Which brand of laundry detergent works better to remove grass stains? A) Type of clothing. B) Brand of detergent. C) Cleanliness of clothes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of clothing. 16. Zach and Ian have a lemonade stand. They make a profit of $ 2.50 for each gallon of lemonade sold. Which one is the dependent variable? A) The profit per gallon. B) The number of gallons they sell. C) The total profit of this business. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The total profit of this business. 17. When do we draw conclusions during a science investigation? A) Before we make an hypothesis. B) Before an experiment. C) After we do the experiment and record our results. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After we do the experiment and record our results. 18. On Friday, rain fell at a rate of 2.5 inches per hour.Which equation shows the relationship between the number of hours, h, and Friday's rainfall, r. A) R = 2.5h. B) H = 2.5-r. C) R = 2.5 + h. D) H = 2.5r. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R = 2.5h. 19. Samantha is bringing treats to her elementary school class on her birthday. The number of treats she brings in is based on the number of students in her class.The number of treats she will bring can be found using the equation t=3s+5Which of the variables is independent? A) The number of treats. B) 5. C) 3. D) The number of students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of students. 20. Things that are kept the same to ensure experiment results are due to the independent variable and not external factors are called: A) Dependent Variables. B) Independent Variables. C) Control Variables. D) Control Groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control Variables. 21. If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller.What part of the scientific method is this an example of? A) Results. B) Question. C) Hypothesis. D) Procedure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 22. Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the INDEPENDENT variable. A) Distance traveled by the ball. B) Height of the ramp. C) Mass of the ball. D) Who set up the experiment (Ms. S, etc). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass of the ball. 23. Which one of the following is NOT an example of quantitative data? A) Color of a flower. B) Height of a flower. C) Number of flowers on a plant. D) Size of a flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color of a flower. 24. Read the title and identify the INDEPENDENT variable.Research Title:Use of Gardening Tools and Fertilizer:Their Effects on the Amount of Harvest A) Amount of Harvest. B) Use of Gardening Tools. C) Use of Gardening Tools and Fertilizer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of Gardening Tools and Fertilizer. 25. The factors that stay the same throughout the experiment. A) Constant. B) Dependent Variable. C) Independent Variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constant. 26. Kira designs websites. She can create three different websites each week. Kira wants to create an equation that will give her the total number of websites she can design given the number of weeks she works.What is the independent variable A) The number of weeks. B) There isn't one. C) The design of the website. D) The number of websites she makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of weeks. 27. Grace earns $ 9 an hour. Identify the dependent variable. A) The money she earns. B) The hours she works. C) Both answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The money she earns. 28. One grape is placed in tap water and another grape is placed in salt water. The change in their mass is measured after a day. What is the INDEPENDENT variable? A) Type of water. B) Type of salt. C) Type of grape. D) Mass of grapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of water. 29. Mason makes $ 20 for each lawn he mows. Which equation represents the money he makes, d, in dollars? A) N=20d. B) N = 20+ d. C) D = 20/n. D) D=20n. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D=20n. 30. Mosquito repellent is sprayed on one arm and the other arm is not sprayed. The number of mosquito bites is counted after 2 hours.What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE? A) Which arm. B) Time. C) Number of mosquito bites. D) Mosquito repellent. 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