Study Guide for exit exam

Question 1

What is the independent variable?

Answer 1

A variable that we choose to Change.

Question 2

What is the Dependent Variable?

Answer 2

A variable that is effected, that we measure

Question 3

What is the Constant Variable?

Answer 3

A variable that is not changing (stays the same in control and in all the trials)

Question 4

What is the Experimental group?

Answer 4

A group were it has an independent variable that changes a factor.

Question 5

What is the Control Group?

Answer 5

The group that in which the independent variable is not changed (the original).

Question 6

True or False:

Cold exists

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False:

Solid is idle but vibrating.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What State of matter has more kinetic energy than others?

Answer 8

Gas

Question 9

What state of matter has a intermediate amount of kinetic energy?

Answer 9

Liquid

Question 10

What State of matter has the least amount of kinetic energy and only vibrates?

Answer 10

Solid

Question 11

True or False: As the amount of Heat changes the amount of Kinetic energy changes.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or false: If a substance has a low amount of heat it has a low amount of Kinetic energy.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: If a substance has more heat it causes the amount of Kinetic energy to decrease.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True or false: If a substance has a low amount of heat then it has more kinetic energy.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What matter slides past other molecules and not fixed?

Answer 15

Liquid

Question 16

What matter is moving freely?

Answer 16

gas

Question 17

What matter is tightly packed, fixed, and only vibrates?

Answer 17

Solid

Question 18

What is Radiation?

Answer 18

Heated air molecules moving in waves. Can move through space

Question 19

What is Convection?

Answer 19

Heat movement fluids that are circling constantly.

Question 20

Independent Variable

Answer 20

The variable chosen to change (X axis) To see what changes after the experiment.

Question 21

Dependent Variable

Answer 21

The variable that changes based on the independent variable (Y axis)

Question 22

Constant

Answer 22

the things that don’t change between the control and the experimental group.

Question 23

Kinetic energy

Answer 23

the amount of molecular movement in one place.

Question 24

Temperature:

Answer 24

The average amount of kinetic energy in a substance

Question 25

Conduction

Answer 25

Heat transferred by direct contact (touch)

Question 26

As heat is added to matter. What happens to the molecules?

Answer 26

They speed up and move further apart

Question 27

True or False: An independent variable changes based on the dependent variable

Answer 27

False

Question 28

If I did an experiment with flowers and used the exact same pots and added different amounts of water and would see how tall they would grow what would be the constant, dependent variable, and independent variable?

Answer 28

Constant: The pots
Dependent Variable: How tall they would grow
Independent Variable: The different amounts of water

Question 29

How does going to bed later affect how tired I am in the morning? What would the control be?

Answer 29

Control: Seeing how tired I am when I go to bed at my normal time to use as a comparison.

Question 30

How does going to bed later affect how tired I am in the morning? What would the independent variable be?

Answer 30

The time I go to bed

Question 31

How does going to bed later affect how tired I am in the morning? What is the dependent Variable?

Answer 31

How tired I am in the morning

Question 32

How does going to bed later affect how tired I am in the morning? What are some constants?

Answer 32

My bed, me, the time I go to bed

Question 33

What Is putting you hand over a fire? Radiation, Conduction, or Convection

Answer 33

Radiation and Convection