Practice - Criterion B: Inquiring and Designing
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
Create a simple research question related to plant growth.
💡 Hint: Think about a factor that can change in your question.
Identify the independent variable in the question: 'How does sunlight affect plant growth?'
💡 Hint: What is being changed to see how it affects the growth?
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the independent variable in the experiment: 'How does the amount of fertilizer affect plant growth?'
💡 Hint: Look for what is being manipulated.
True or False: A hypothesis can be broad and unfocused.
💡 Hint: Remember what makes a hypothesis strong.
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Challenge Problems
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Design an experiment to test the effect of different colored light on plant growth, detailing your independent and dependent variables, control group, and safety procedures.
💡 Hint: Think about the variables and controls needed to balance your experiment.
Critique a study that claimed 'fertilizer increases plant height' without a control group. Discuss the implications on the reliability of the findings.
💡 Hint: Consider what is necessary for proving a cause-effect relationship.
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