Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 11 (9 MCQs)

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1. Psychologists study whether a young monkey will prefer to spend time with a pretend monkey made of wire that provides milk or a pretend monkey covered with cloth and no milk. DV?
2. Penelope wanted to see if the temperature of the oven made cookies softer or harder. What is the independent variable.
3. Research question:does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball affect how well they will do on their math test? What should they use for the dependent variable?
4. Scientific Question:Does being tardy impact test scores? What is the independent variable?
5. The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment. (It affects the results of the experiment).
6. When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal amount of light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
7. Steven set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.
8. Mr. Anady normally uses praise as a reward to train his dog. He wants to know the best way to train his dog, so he sets up an experiment using different typed of rewards and measures how well his dog responds to commands. What is his dependent variable?
9. If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should