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Controls and Variables Simpsons 22

The document outlines several experiments conducted by different characters to test various hypotheses related to health and productivity. Each experiment identifies controls, manipulated (independent) variables, and responding (dependent) variables, leading to conclusions about the effects of salt on heart rate, free lunches on productivity, band-aids on healing, and lavender oil on sleep. Additionally, it describes Lisa's planned experiment on the effect of radio waves on plant growth.

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Controls and Variables Simpsons 22

The document outlines several experiments conducted by different characters to test various hypotheses related to health and productivity. Each experiment identifies controls, manipulated (independent) variables, and responding (dependent) variables, leading to conclusions about the effects of salt on heart rate, free lunches on productivity, band-aids on healing, and lavender oil on sleep. Additionally, it describes Lisa's planned experiment on the effect of radio waves on plant growth.

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Name: _ Lauren Porpora__

Identify the Controls and Variables


Identify the -
Dr. Nick advises Homer that he
needs to reduce his salt intake to 1. Control
lower his heart rate. Homer isn’t
so sure that giving up salt will be Heart Rate
that helpful. To test his idea that
salt won’t lower his heart rate, he
eats all the food he loves for a 2. Manipulated (Independent) Variable
week and measures his heart rate
daily. On average, he had a heart Salty Food
rate of 115 bpm (beats per
minute). 3. Responding (Dependent) Variable
In his next experiment, he spends
a week not eating any salty food. This week, his average bpm
heart rate was 95 bpm.
4. What should his conclusion be?

When he eats less salty food, his heart rate is


lower

Identify the -

Mr. Burns believes that giving his 5. Control


workers free lunch will improve the
productivity at the plant. To test
this idea, he gives half of the The amount of people who get or don’t get
workers a free lunch of pizza every free lunch
day for a month.
Another group of workers is not 6. Manipulated (Independent) Variable
provided lunch and must bring their
own. Who gets free lunch
At the end of the month, he
measures productivity by examining 7. Responding (Dependent) Variable
the number of completed jobs.
The group that was fed lunch had more completed jobs Who doesn’t get free lunch
than the ones who weren’t given lunch.
8. What should his conclusion be?

People who get free lunch work more


effectively than people who don’t

Bart has a science fair project due this week and decides Identify the -
to determine if band-aids really speed up healing. He
9. Control
has just had a skateboarding accident and had cuts on
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both his knees.
On his left knee, he covers the cut with The cuts
a band aid and then he leaves the right
knee uncovered.
10. Manipulated (Independent) Variable
At the end of the week, he removes
the band aid and compares the two
cuts. The one that was covered seems Band-aid or no band-aid
mostly healed, but the one that was 11. Responding (Dependent) Variable
not covered looks red and has not
healed. How cuts healed

12. What should his conclusion be?

The scrape with band-aids heals better than


one without
Identify the -
Marge has been trying to get Maggie
to sleep through the night without 13. Control
her pacifier. A friend suggests that
putting lavender oil on Maggie’s Maggie’s sleep
pillow will help her sleep.

The first night, Marge puts Maggie to 14. Manipulated (Independent) Variable
sleep without her pacifier. Maggie
woke up in an hour With or without lavender oil
crying. 15. Responding (Dependent) Variable
The second night,
Marge put lavender oil If she woke up later crying
on the pillow. Maggie
still woke up after an 16. What should Marge’s conclusion be?
hour crying.
Lavender oil does not help put Maggie to
sleep.
Lisa is also working on her own 17. Describe how Lisa would perform this
science fair project and wants to experiment. Identify the dependent and
make sure her project is better than independent variables in her experiment.
Bart’s. She wants to study the effect
of radio waves on plant growth.
Dependent- How the plant will look after radio
waves.
Independent- Plant effected by radio waves

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