Biology Concept 1 Bio Basics

How close your measurements are to the correct or accepted value.

Families who make dinner together are more likely to cook vegetables for each meal. What is the dependent variable?

Jumping rope decreases risk of cardiovascular disease over 10 years. What is the dependent variable?

Higher water temperatures lead to fish swimming faster. What is the dependent variable?

Higher water temperatures lead to fish swimming faster. What is the independent variable?

Mountain climbers are more likely to use facebook rather than twitter. What is the independent variable?

Wearing a swim cap makes you swim faster. What is the dependent variable?

Astronauts who graduated from Purdue have higher rates of getting to space. What is the independent variable?

Wearing a swim cap makes you swim faster. What is the independent variable?

Playing animal crossing everyday lowers your overall contact with people in real life. What is the independent variable?

The group the experimenter uses as a baseline or reference in the experiment.

More people camp, as compared to staying in a hotel, due to the rising cost. What is the dependent variable?

a statement based on repeated experimental observations

Jumping rope decreases risk of cardiovascular disease over 10 years. What is the independent variable?

More people camp, as compared to staying in a hotel, due to the rising cost. What is the independent variable?

When designing an experiement, you test the relationship between a "cause" and "effect." The "cause" is known as the:

Playing animal crossing everyday lowers your overall contact with people in real life. What is the dependent variable?

How close your measurements are to each other.

Families who make dinner together are more likely to cook vegetables for each meal. What is the independent variable?

When leaving a movie theater, a person notices the ground is wet. If they assumed it rained, the person is making:

Theories can be accepted as fact

There is a large hole in the ground. What kind of observation is that?

The mass of the sample is 135 grams. What kind of observation is that?

"Does fertilizer make plants grow taller?" This is an example of a hypothesis.

A hypothesis makes a prediction

an explanation of an observed phenomenon, never a fact or law

4.30 cm, 4.23 cm, 4.30 cm, 4.33 cm are the meausrements of a string that a group collected. This is precise.

The building is 3 stories tall. This is a qualitative observation.

The group that an experimenter changes or manipulates with the independent variable.

Mountain climbers are more likely to use facebook rather than twitter. What is the dependent variable?

a broad concept or prinicple that describes a pattern in nature and is often accepted as fact

Astronauts who graduated from Purdue have higher rates of getting to space. What is the dependent variable?

Dogs trained to complete agility courses when they are young are more likely to remember throughout their life. DV?

If rachel goes shopping, then the balance in her bank account drops. What is the independent variable?

What betters the advancement of society

an objective, verifiable observation

When designing an experiement, you test the relationship between a "cause" and "effect." The "effect" is known as the:

If rachel goes shopping, then the balance in her bank account drops. What is the dependent variable?

What must you consider when designing a solution for a problem with technology?

Dogs trained to complete agility courses when they are young are more likely to remember throughout their life. IV?