Flashcards in Graphs Deck (14)
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The independent variable in an experiment is...
the thing that I am changing
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The dependent variable in an experiment is...
the thing that you record when doing the experiment
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The control variables in an experiment is...
things that are kept the same to make the results more VALID
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Which axis do we write the independent variable of an experiment on?
the X-axis
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Which axis do we write the dependent variable of an experiment on?
the Y-axis
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The x axis is...
the axis that goes horizontal (across)
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The y axis is...
the axis that goes vertical (up)
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The x and y axis should always be drawn on...
on the thick blue lines of a piece of graph paper
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The title on a graph should always start with...
A graph to show...
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The easy way to work out the title of a graph is to look at the...
Aim of the experiment
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When drawing a table the independent variable always goes in the...
left hand column
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When drawing a table the dependent variable always goes in the...
right hand column
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What is another name for the average?
the "mean"
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