4.2 - Internal Assessment (IA) Specifics
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Practice Questions
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Define a research question.
💡 Hint: Think about what you want to find out in your experiment.
What does the dependent variable measure?
💡 Hint: Consider what you are observing in your experiment.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the purpose of a research question?
💡 Hint: What question would you ask to lead your experiment?
True or False: A positive control shows no response to the treatment.
💡 Hint: Consider what a positive control is meant to do.
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Challenge Problems
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Design an experiment to test the effect of different soil types on plant growth. Include all necessary components such as independent and dependent variables, controlled variables, and types of controls.
💡 Hint: Consider how different conditions affect plants and which factors need to stay the same.
Critique a hypothetical experiment where students test the effect of temperature on yeast fermentation but do not control for sugar amount. What impact could this have on validity and reliability?
💡 Hint: Think about what variables are essential to include in each trial.
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