Experimental Design and Measuring Homework 1

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Students are studying liquids that make bubbles.

Which question could be answered by using a
ruler?
A.

Which liquid makes bubbles that are the

largest?

B.

Which liquid makes bubbles that are the

prettiest?

C.

Which liquid makes bubbles that are the best

smelling?

4.

A student puts water in a graduated cylinder and

carefully adds two small rocks.

D. Which liquid makes bubbles that are the most

interesting?
2.

3.

Which tool would best help a student closely

observe the smallest living thing in a drop of pond
water?
A.

telescope

B.

C.

hand lens

D. microscope

What is the volume of the rocks?

binoculars

A.

A student is studying the parts of a leaf.

Which tool will most help the student count all

the veins in the leaf?
A.

ruler

B.

balance

C.

hand lens

D. measuring cup

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2 mL

B.

3 mL

C.

5 mL

D. 12 mL

5.

Maria checked the outside temperature before and

after school. According to the thermometers
below, how much did the temperature change
during the day?

A.

It increased by 2 C.

B.

It increased by 14 C.

C.

It decreased by 2 C.

7.

Use the information below to answer the following

question(s).
Sunlight enters a room through an open
window. The sunlight shines on the wood
table, area rug on the oor, and the plane
mirror and metal spoon on the table. A spot
of light appears on the wall opposite the
window.

Which tool should be used to measure the length

of the table?

D. It decreased by 14 C.
6.
8.

A.

a balance

B.

a stopwatch

C.

a spring scale

D. a centimeter ruler

Which method should be used to determine the

type of popcorn that produces the greatest number
of popped kernels?
A.

Research articles about di erent ways to heat

popcorn to make it pop.

B.

Design an experiment that tests multiple types

of popcorn using repeated trials.

C.

Heat kernels of some types on an electric

stove and heat other types on a gas stove.

D. Construct a mathematical equation that

compares size and mass of kernels from each
type.
According to this graph, the
2 meters long is the

sh that is about

A.

blue sh

B.

yellowtail

C.

sword sh

D. bluemarlin

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Study the table below.

11.

On Monday, students predicted how the

temperatures would compare at di erent times of
the day. The graph below shows the measurements
the students took to test the predictions.

Which question is most likely answered using the

data in the table?
A.

Will eagles and brown bears eat sh?

B.

Do eagles and brown bears hunt at the same

time?

C.

Do brown bears a ect the eagle population in

the area?

D. Is the number of sh in the area due to

seasonal changes?
10.

Which prediction is supported by the results in the

graph?

Study the table below.

Growth of Bean Plants
Week

A.

The temperature will be higher at 12:00 P.M.

than at 2:00 P.M.

B.

The temperature will be higher at 6:00 P.M.

than at 10:00 A.M.

3.9

C.

2.5

The temperature will be higher at 12:00 P.M.

than at 6:00 P.M.

D. The temperature will be higher at 10:00 A.M.

than at 2:00 P.M.

Average Height
of Plants (cm)

Growth Rate
(cm/wk)

7.9

5.7

15.2

3.4

19.9

22.1

0
1
2
4
6
8

2.2

11.8
17.7

21.2

22.3

2.2
1.3

0.9
0.2

An experiment is performed and the growth rate

of bean plants is calculated. The growth rate is
determined by measuring plant height at the end
of each week. Which statement correctly interprets
the data?
A.

The growth rate is constant each week.

B.

The growth rate is increasing each week.

C.

The growth rate is decreasing at the same rate

each week.

D. The growth rate is decreasing at a di erent

rate each week.
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A recent study focused on the color variations of a

certain species of mouse living in two neighboring
habitats. Habitat 1 is a dark-colored, hardened
lava bed, and habitat 2 is desert scrub with
light-colored soil located at the edge of the lava
bed. The graph shows the percent of dark-colored
and light-colored mice captured in each habitat.

13.

A student will measure and record the growth of

two owering plants every other day for 10 days.

According to the diagram, which question is being

tested?

Which hypothesis was most likely being tested in

this investigation?
A.

Individuals of a species always stay in the

same environment.

B.

Individuals of a species are the same size in

any environment.

C.

Individuals of a species living in di erent

habitats are di erent sizes.

A.

Do owering plants grow better when watered

with salt water?

B.

How much fertilizer do owering plants need?

C.

Does fertilizer added to the soil lead to taller

owering plants?

D. How tall do owering plants grow?

14.

The students counted the number of beetles on

the trunk of the oak tree. The graph shows the
number of beetles counted at di erent heights
from the ground.

D. Individuals of a species living in di erent

habitats have di erent colors of fur.

Woodpeckers eat beetles. Based on this graph,

where would woodpeckers nd the most food?

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A.

03 meters

B.

36 meters

C.

69 meters

D. 912 meters

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A student planted three tomato plants and gave them di erent amounts of water each week. She wanted to see
how this would a ect the number of tomatoes each plant produced. Her data are shown in the table below.
Tomato Plant Data
Tomato Plant

Water Received per Week (mL)

Number of Tomatoes

800

1
3

1,000
600

8
4

The student needs to make a graph to show her data. Which graph shows correctly labeled axes for these data?
A.

B.

C.

D.

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16.

Use the picture below to answer the following

question.

Sarah put 10 marigold seeds in a pot of sand and

10 marigold seeds in a pot of soil. She then put
both pots near a window and watered them with
the same amount of water every few days. After
three weeks, Sarah measured the height of the
marigold seedlings in each pot. What was Sarah
probably testing?

Look at the picture. A student does an experiment

with four identical plants. Each plant gets a
di erent color light.
What question can this experiment answer?

A.

how light a ects the growth of marigolds

A.

Which colors of light make up daylight?

B.

which type of marigold grows best

B.

Which kind of plant grows best in red light?

C.

C.

Which color of light is best for growing

plants?

whether marigolds grow better in soil or in

sand

D. how water a ects the growth of marigolds

D. Which di erent kinds of plants need bright

light?

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