Testable or not testable

Question 1

Which brand of toilet paper, using one 10cm x 10cm square that has been soaked with 15ml of room temperature water, can HOLD THE MOST STACKED QUARTERS before ripping? What is the name for the number of quarters counted after each trial in the experiment?

Answer 1

Dependent Variable

Question 2

How should a “conclusion” be written for your science experiment?

Answer 2

The conclusion restates the entire original question but includes the answer you found from your trials.

Question 3

Which BRAND OF TOILET PAPER, using one 10cm x 10cm square that has been soaked with 15ml of room temperature water, can hold the most stacked quarters before ripping? What name is given for the brand of toilet paper part in this experiment?

Answer 3

Independent Variable

Question 4

Which part of the scientific method is described by the following statement? “I think that the Northern brand 10cm x 10cm toilet paper square soaked with 15ml of room temperature water can hold the most stacked quarters before ripping.

Answer 4

Hypothesis

Question 5

Which thickness of Staples-brand 7cm diameter rubber band can stretch the furthest before breaking with a stretching machine?

Answer 5

Testable

Question 6

How far can a middle school student throw a “Bi-plane” design airplane from 1 meter off the ground in the middle school gym?

Answer 6

Not testable

Question 7

Which step in the following procedure makes this experiment with results you can’t trust?
1. Gather all of your supplies and bring to the middle school gym.

2. Use painter’s tape to secure the meter stick to the side wall.
3. Place a ladder next to the wall by the meter stick.
4. Tell your partner to start the video on their phone for the trials.
5. Climb the ladder and drop the ball from 3m onto the gym floor.
6. Record only the bounces that your group agreed were good enough.
7. Repeat step 4-6 ten times for each brand of volleyball.

Answer 7

6 because you must use bounce heights from every trial.

Question 8

Which of the following is a good testable question?

Answer 8

Which brand of golf ball rolls the farthest in cm when hit by a putting machine?

Question 9

Which brand of shampoo makes hair the shiniest, cleanest, and fullest?

Answer 9

Not testable

Question 10

In the Data section, what do you document?

Answer 10

Every single trial you did, including the units of measure in metric units.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a properly written hypothesis for a question dealing with flying different designs of paper airplane for longest distance?

Answer 11

I believe that airplane design B will fly the farthest when launched from a robotic paper airplane launcher.

Question 12

Which brand of toilet paper, USING ONE 10cm X 10cm SQUARE THAT HAS BEEN SOAKED WITH 15ml OF ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER, can hold the most stacked quarters before ripping? The size, temperature and water amounts are all considered what part of the experiment?

Answer 12

Control

Question 13

When you use your data to create a graph (visual way to show/finding the answer to your original question from all of your trials), what information goes on the X and Y axis?

Answer 13

X- axis has your independent variable, the Y- axis has your dependent variable.

Question 14

Which brand of vanilla ice cream tastes the best?

Answer 14

Not testable