WORKSHEET 1

1. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of lung cancer. 

 Hypothesis:
If a person smokes, then the risk of him/her having lung cancer also increases.
 Independent Variable: cigarette smoking  
 Dependent Variable: having lung cancer or not 
 Control Group: people that do not smoke 
 Experimental Group: people that smoke

2. Eating breakfast increases performance in school.

Hypothesis:
If a student eats breakfast, then he/she performs better in school.
Independent Variable: having breakfast  
 Dependent Variable: performance in school or grades in school 
 Control Group: students who do not eat breakfast 
Experimental Group: students who eat breakfast

3. Hummingbirds are attracted to the color red.

Hypothesis:
If hummingbirds are attracted to the color red, then they will go to the red apples
than the yellow mangoes.
Independent Variable: color of fruits 
 Dependent Variable: the number of hummingbirds
 Control Group: different fruits with different color other than red
Experimental Group: red apples
4. Bats locate food using sound waves.
Hypothesis:
If bats hear sounds, then they will go near them.
Independent Variable: sounds/ sound waves
 Dependent Variable: the number of bats
 Control Group: no sound
Experimental Group: sounds

 5. Plants grow best in white light.

Hypothesis:
If plants are exposed in white light, then they will grow better compared to when
they are exposed to other colored lights.
Independent Variable: color of light
 Dependent Variable: growth of the plant
 Control Group: plants under lights of different colors
Experimental Group: plants in white light

The Strange Case of Beriberi 

1. What was the problem? 
Beri beri is caused by bacteria.
2. What was the hypothesis?
If the chickens are injected with the bacteria, they will also get sick with
beri beri
3. How was the hypothesis tested? 
Scientists used chickens to test the hypothesis and they injected the
chickens with bacteria from the blood of the sick patients with beri beri.
 Their control group were the chickens that did not get injected with the
bacteria.
4. Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on the experiment? 
Why? 
It should be rejected because the experiment on the chickens did not prove
their hypothesis right. The control group were also sick even if they did not
have the bacteria from the blood of the people with beri beri.
5. What should be the new hypothesis?  
If the chickens are given polished rice, then the chickens will have beri beri.

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WORKSHEET 2

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Title: Flowering capacity of plants according to the percentage of fertilizer used
red: gladiola
25 blue: daisy
pink: rose
20 0 5
10 15
20 25
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