This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Variables > Dependent And Independent Variable – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The independent variable is the ONE thing you ..... A) Investigate. B) Change. C) Experiment with. D) Keep the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change. 2. Find the IV:You experiment to see if a bouncy ball or a tennis ball bounces higher. A) Type of ball. B) Same drop height. C) Height of bounce. D) Same surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of ball. 3. Which topic can BEST be studied with sleep quality? A) Fashion style-Fashion Style and Sleep Quality. B) Movie genre-Movie Genre and Sleep Quality. C) Bedtime-Bedtime and Sleep Quality. D) Sports-Sports and Sleep Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bedtime-Bedtime and Sleep Quality. 4. Which of the following variables is DEPENDENT? A) Grade level. B) Age. C) Social skills. D) Time spent studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social skills. 5. Two different cars are traveling at 60 mph. At a certain point, both cars slam on the brakes. The distance it takes for each car to stop is then measured. What is the INDEPENDENT variable? A) Type of brakes. B) Distance to stop. C) Speed. D) Type of car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type of car. 6. What is the relationship between t and c in this situation:A server earns t dollars in tips when she serves c customers. A) Both variables are dependent variables. B) Independent variable:t; Dependent variable:c. C) Independent variable:c; Dependent variable:t. D) Both variables are independent variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent variable:c; Dependent variable:t. 7. The variable we are changing/investigating in an experiment is the: A) Dependent Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Constant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Variable. 8. David is having a discussion with Anthony because he is saying that the flavor of ice cream affects how fast the ice cream melts. What is the independent variable in this example? A) The flavor of the ice cream. B) The time it takes to melt. C) The price of the ice cream. D) The temperature of the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The flavor of the ice cream. 9. Daniel was investigating how fast it took mice to react to different sounds. Identify the independent variable. A) Different sounds. B) Daniel. C) How fast mice reacted. D) Types of music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different sounds. 10. The number of oranges in a bag and the cost of the bag of oranges are related. What is the independent variable in this relationship? A) The cost of the bag of oranges. B) The number of oranges in the bag. C) The grocery store you shop at. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of oranges in the bag. 11. The time it takes to run a mile depends of the amount of exercise a person gets. The dependent variable is ..... A) Amount of exercise. B) Time it takes to run mile. C) Type of exercise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time it takes to run mile. 12. Mrs. Ahlers set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable? A) Distance traveled by the ball. B) Height of the ramp. C) Mass of the ball. D) Where the experiment took place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance traveled by the ball. 13. In a science experiment, what is the dependent 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: B) The thing that you measure. 14. A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. What is the control variable? A) The ball used. B) The height the ball bounces. C) Height of the ball being dropped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ball used. 15. Which type of sugar dissolves the fastest in boiling water? Which is the independent variable? A) The amount of water. B) The type of cup you use. C) The temperature of the water. D) The type of sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The type of sugar. 16. In an experiment, the outcome to be measured. A) Response variable. B) Lurking variable. C) Treatments. D) Subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Response variable. 17. Does the amount of time a person spends watching TV make a difference in their grades? Which is the dependent variable? A) How much time they spend watching TV. B) The type of TV they watch. C) Their grades. D) The classes they are in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their grades. 18. Jonathan set up the same 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 (Jonathan etc). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass of the ball. 19. If you were testing the time it took for objects of different sizes to reach the ground after being dropped from 30 feet in the air, which of these would be the DEPENDENT VARIABLE? A) The time it takes for each object to hit the ground. B) The height you drop the object from. C) The size of each object. D) The type of object you use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The time it takes for each object to hit the ground. 20. WHICH ANSWER IS A CONTROL FOR THE QUESTION:Does warm water or cold water dissolve salt faster? A) Temperature of water. B) Speed that salt dissolves. C) Amount of water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amount of water. 21. What is the INDEPENDENT variable? You are testing which type of paper airplane goes furthest? A) The type of paper airplane. B) The paper used. C) How hard the plane is thrown. D) The distance of each plane's flight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The type of paper airplane. 22. A cell phone provider charges $ 0.15 for each text message sent and received. What is the independent variable? A) $ .15. B) Number of texts. C) Total cost. D) Number of cell phones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Number of texts. 23. Dario wants to know the following:Does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test. What is the dependent variable? A) How far they kick the soccer ball?. B) Depends upon the person. C) How well they do on the math test. D) Type of soccer ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How well they do on the math test. 24. The output in a function is also known as the: A) Magma or molten rock. B) Function rule. C) Independent variable. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 25. The x is the ..... and is on the ..... axis. A) Dependent; vertical. B) Independent; vertical. C) Independent; horizontal. D) Dependent; horizontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent; horizontal. 26. What is another term for the independent variable? A) Responding variable. B) Manipulated variable. C) Constant variable. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manipulated variable. 27. Britney is planting seeds. The number of flowers she grows is related to the number of seeds she plants. Which is the independent variable? A) Amount of water. B) Amount of sunlight. C) Number of flowers. D) Number of seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Number of flowers. 28. What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in this experiment:Which plane would fly the furthest, a airplane made of plain paper or an airplane made of construction paper? A) The paper used. B) The model of paper airplane. C) The distance of each plane's flight. D) How hard the plane is thrown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The paper used. 29. The independent variable goes on the ..... axis. A) Horizontal. B) Origin. C) Vertical. D) Top. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horizontal. 30. Which observation is quantitative? A) It is dry. B) It looks red. C) It is smooth. D) It is 5 cm long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is 5 cm long. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesDependent And Independent Variable Quiz 1Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 2Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 3Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 5Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 6Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 7Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 8Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books