1.3 Study Guide

Question 1

What is a Independent Variable

Answer 1

The thing that is being changed;/ manipulated in a experiment

Question 2

What is a Dependent Variable

Answer 2

The thing that is getting measured in a experiment

Question 3

What is the difference between Extrapolation and Interpolation

Answer 3

To extrapolate is to infer something not explicitly stated from existing information. Interpolation is the act of estimating a value within two known values that exist within a sequence of values.

Question 4

Does the Dependent Variable go on the X or Y axis

Answer 4

Y

Question 5

Does the Independent Variable go on the X or Y axis

Answer 5

X

Question 6

What are the two steps to writing a scientific hypothesis

Answer 6

1. Come up with a specific question and reason
2. Write a testable statement

Question 7

What is something required in a experiment

Answer 7

Control Group

Question 8

What is the importance of a control group

Answer 8

It allows to tell what is doing the changing in the experiment

Question 9

Why do Error Bars help with a experiment

Answer 9

They help prove the exact statistics of data and they represent standard deviation

Question 10

What happens if the error Bars do not overlap on a graph

Answer 10

It means there is a outlier in the experiment

Question 11

How do you write a proper hypothesis

Answer 11

The phenomenon/topic>(is due too, is caused by, depends on)<specific reason–if (independent variable) increases/decreases then the (dependent variable), will decrease/ increase