Analyzing Data and Drawing Conclusions

Question 1

You can control accuracy by choosing the appropriate tool or instrument and using it carefully. How could the students in the following questions improve their accuracy?Tyrrell wanted to measure the growth of tomato plants in response to different types of fertilizer. Which tool would be most accurate?

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B: metric ruler

Question 2

Which variable is the dependent variable?

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B: carbon dioxide reproduced

Question 3

According to the graph, the pansies in which treatment group grew about 0.2 cm between weeks 2 and 3?

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B: Liquid

Question 4

Marcy uses pH strips to measure the pH of water samples from several ponds in the city park. Which reason explains why using a pH meter would improve the accuracy of her data?

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C: The pH meter can distinguish between smaller differences in pH than pH strips can.

Question 5

How much did the pansies receiving slow–release fertilizer grow from week 1 to 3?

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C: about  2.1 cm

Question 6

Which of the following sentences best describes what happened to the pansies receiving liquid fertilizer?

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A: They grew more during week 1 than any other week.

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