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Identifying Variables Exit Ticket
Students are conducting an experiment to see if the amount of water roses receive affects their growth. The
students will set up three different rose bushes. One rose bush will be watered once a day, the second rose
bush will be watered twice a day and the third rose bush will be watered three times a day.
1. Which of the following would be the best hypothesis for the experiment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Yellow roses will grow faster than any other color of roses.
Different roses have different sized leaves.
Roses grow the fastest when they are watered twice a day.
Roses need water and sunlight to grow.
2. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The amount of sunlight the roses receive.
The amount of water each day.
The growth of the roses.
The color of the roses tested.
3. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The amount of sunlight the roses receive.
The amount of water each day.
The growth of the roses.
The color of the roses tested.
4. Which of the following is a controlled variable that should be kept the same for each set-up?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The pencil used to record the data.
The amount of water each day.
The growth of the roses.
The color of the roses tested.