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Science Experiment Basics

Read the investigation and use the results to think like a scientist. Answer each question. Remember: a fair test changes one thing at a time.

The investigation

Jarrah wants to find out whether a steeper ramp makes a toy car travel farther. She raises one end of the same ramp using different numbers of blocks. For each height, she releases the same car from the same starting line without pushing it. She measures how far the car rolls along the floor. She repeats each test three times and calculates the average distance.

Ramp height

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

1 block

42 cm

45 cm

44 cm

2 blocks

61 cm

59 cm

62 cm

3 blocks

79 cm

82 cm

80 cm

1.What question is Jarrah trying to answer?
2.Which part of the test is the independent variable—the thing Jarrah changes on purpose?
  • The ramp height
  • The distance the car travels
  • The colour of the car
3.What is the dependent variable—the result Jarrah measures?
4.Name two things Jarrah should keep the same to make this a fair test.
5.Match each experiment word to its meaning.
  • Independent variable
  • Dependent variable
  • Controlled variable
  • What is measured or observed
  • What is changed on purpose
  • What is kept the same
6.Why does Jarrah repeat each test three times instead of testing each ramp height only once?
7.Calculate the average distance for the 1-block ramp. Add the three distances and divide by 3.
8.Which ramp height had the greatest average distance? Use the results to explain your choice.
9.True or false? Jarrah’s results suggest that the car travelled farther as the ramp height increased.
TrueFalse
10.Jarrah notices that the car sometimes rolls slightly sideways. Suggest one improvement that could make her measurements more reliable.
11.Before testing, what is one sensible safety rule for this investigation?
12.Write a one-sentence conclusion that answers Jarrah’s investigation question using evidence from the results.

3 printable pages

  • Science Experiment Basics, page 1 of 3: The investigation

    Page 1

  • Science Experiment Basics, page 2 of 3: 4. Name two things Jarrah should keep the same to make this a fair test.

    Page 2

  • Science Experiment Basics, page 3 of 3: 11. Before testing, what is one sensible safety rule for this investigation?

    Page 3

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