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Intro Quiz
1. What is the big rule with pets in this
classroom?
A. Touch them whenever you want.
B. Never put anything in their cages.
C. Tap their cages relentlessly.
D. Get them out when Mr. Ballif isn’t here.
2. True/False
An observation is any information you collect
with any of your senses.
3. What is an inference?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Any information collected from any of the senses.
Something you observe.
The skill of describing certain events.
The process of drawing a conclusion from given evidence.
4. What type of observation
(qualitative/quantitative) is the following
observation?
The dog barks really loud.
5. What type of observation
(qualitative/quantitative) is the following
observation?
The water is 212 degrees Farenheit.
6. What type of observation
(qualitative/quantitative) is the following
observation?
Steph Curry is great at shooting threes.
7. Make an inference on the following
observations. (Many correct answers)
I feel the sun beating down on me.
I hear lots of cheering people.
I smell lots of different types of food.
8. Dr. Smith wants to examine whether a new drug increases the maze
running performance of older rats. Just like aging humans, older rats show
signs of poorer memory for new things. Dr. Smith teaches two groups of
older rats to find a piece of tasty rat chow in the maze. One group of rats
is given the new drug while they are learning the maze. The second group
is not given the drug. One week after having learned the maze he retests
the rats and records how long it takes them to find the rat chow.
What is the control variable(s)? (What doesn’t change)
9. Dr. Smith wants to examine whether a new drug increases the maze running
performance of older rats. Just like aging humans, older rats show signs of poorer
memory for new things. Dr. Smith teaches two groups of older rats to find a piece
of tasty rat chow in the maze. One group of rats is given the new drug while they
are learning the maze. The second group is not given the drug. One week after
having learned the maze he retests the rats and records how long it takes them to
find the rat chow.
What is the independent variable in this experiment? (What is being changed) Be
specific.
10. Dr. Smith wants to examine whether a new drug increases the maze running
performance of older rats. Just like aging humans, older rats show signs of poorer
memory for new things. Dr. Smith teaches two groups of older rats to find a piece of
tasty rat chow in the maze. One group of rats is given the new drug while they are
learning the maze. The second group is not given the drug. One week after having
learned the maze he retests the rats and records how long it takes them to find the rat
chow.
What is the dependent variable in this experiment? (What is being tested) Be specific.