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Types of Variables
KS3 Experiments
Question | Answer |
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What variable is the aspect(s) you want to stay the same or remain unchanging? | Controlled Variable |
Which variable is the change that occurs in response to the independent variable? | Dependent Variable |
Which variable is the one thing you change in an experiment? | Independent Variable |
In an experiment measuring plant growth, where 3 plants are each fed a different liquid, what type of variable is the liquid used to water each plant ? | Independent Variable |
In an experiment measuring plant growth, which variable is the observed height or health of the plant? | Dependent variable (its growth depends upon the treatment the plant receives = the independent variable) |
In an experiment measuring plant growth, where 3 plants are each fed a different liquid, which variable would the pot be, if it was exactly the same for all 3 plants? | Controlled variable |
In an experiment measuring plant growth in 3 plants, how could the soil act as an independent variable ? | It would have to be the one changing factor in the experiment. |
What variable would the growth of the plant represent if the 3 plants were fed exactly the same but kept in different positions? | Dependent Variable |