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Stage 7

Identify the Controls and Variables


Smithers thinks that a special juice will Identify the:
increase the productivity of workers. He
creates two groups of 50 workers each and 1. Control Group
assigns each group the same task (in this
case, they're supposed to staple a set of 2. Independent Variable
papers). Group A is given the special juice
to drink while they work. Group B is not given the special juice. 3. Dependent Variable
After an hour, Smithers counts how many stacks of papers each
group has made. Group A made 1,587 stacks, Group B made 4. What should Smithers' conclusion
2,113 stacks. be?

5. How could this experiment be


improved?

Homer notices that his shower is covered in 6. What was the initial observation?
a strange green slime. His friend Barney
tells him that coconut juice will get rid of Identify the-
the green slime. Homer decides to check 7. Control Group
this out by spraying half of the shower with
coconut juice. He sprays the other half of 8. Independent Variable
the shower with water. After 3 days of
"treatment" there is no change in the 9. Dependent Variable
appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower.
10. What should Homer's conclusion
be?
Bart believes that mice exposed to microwaves will become extra Identify the-
strong (maybe he's been reading too much 11. Control Group
Radioactive Man). He decides to perform this
experiment by placing 10 mice in a microwave 12. Independent Variable
for 10 seconds. He compared these 10 mice to
another 10 mice that had not been exposed. 13. Dependent Variable
His test consisted of a heavy block of wood
that blocked the mouse food. He found that 8 14. What should Bart's conclusion be?
out of 10 of the microwaved mice were able to
push the block away. 7 out of 10 of the non-microwaved mice 15. How could Bart's experiment be
were able to do the same. improved?

Krusty was told that a certain itching powder was Identify the-
the newest best thing on the market; it even 16. Control Group
claims to cause 50% longer lasting itches.
Interested in this product, he buys the itching 17. Independent Variable
powder and compares it to his usual product. One
test subject (A) is sprinkled with the original 18. Dependent Variable
itching powder, and another test subject (B) was
sprinkled with the Experimental itching powder. 19. Explain whether the data supports
Subject A reported having itches for 30 minutes. Subject B the advertisements claims about its
reported to have itches for 45 minutes. product.

Lisa is working on a science project. Her task is 20. Describe how Lisa would perform
to answer the question: "Does Rogooti (which is a this experiment. Identify the control
commercial hair product) affect the speed of hair group, and the independent and
growth". Her family is willing to volunteer for the dependent variables in your
experiment. description.

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