Biology Unit One - Study Guide

1. You are going to conduct an experiment in order to determine if a candle requires oxygen to burn. In your experiment, you are simply going to place the candle in a sealed jar. What do you think will happen?

  1. Independent Variable

  2. Dependent Variable

  3. Hypothesis

2. You are going to conduct an experiment to test the use of fertilizer on plants. In your experiment, you are going to use two plants. One will receive fertilizer while the other does not. Write your hypothesis where you explain what you think will happen.

  1. Independent Variable

  2. Dependent Variable

  3. Hypothesis

3. You are going to conduct an experiment on a person in order to determine if they study better with or without music. In your experiment, you are going to have this person study for two similar tests. They will study for one of the tests with music and the other in silence. Write a hypothesis where you predict the outcome of your study.

  1. Independent Variable

  2. Dependent Variable

  3. Hypothesis

6. What was the initial observation?

7. Identify the Control Group

8. Independent Variable

9. Dependent Variable

10. What should Homer’s conclusion be?

11. Control Group

12. Independent Variable

13. Dependent Variable

14. What should Bart’s conclusion be?

15. How could Bart’s experiment be improved?