Name : NURUL AZZAH NATHASYAH BINTI MUHAMAD ASMAWI.

Date : 1 OKTOBER 2022. Class : AS120110

The Scientific Method with the Simpsons

1. Smithers thinks that a special juice will
increase the
productivity of
workers. He creates
two groups of 50
workers each and
assigns each group
the same task (in this
case, they're supposed to staple a set
of papers). Group A is given the
special juice to drink while they work.
Group B is not given the special
juice. After an hour, Smithers counts
how many stacks of papers each
group has made. Group A made
1,587 stacks, Group B made 2,113
stacks.
Identify the:
a. Control Group : Group B
b. Independent Variable : Special Juice
c. Dependent Variable :
Stacks of paper are stapled
d. What should Smithers' conclusion
be?
The juice does not increase
productivity
e. How could this experiment
be improved?
Conduct the experiment for a
longer period of time.

2. Homer notices that his shower is Identify the:

covered in a
strange green a. What was the initial
slime. His friend observation?
Barney tells him
that coconut juice A strange green slime in his
will get rid of the shower.
green slime.
Homer decides to check b. Control Group :
this out Half of the shower sprayed with water
by spraying half of the shower with
coconut juice. He sprays the other half c. Independent
of the shower with water. After 3 days of
Variable:
"treatment" there is no change in the
appearance of the green slime on either Coconut Juice
side of the shower.

d. Dependent Variable :
The appearance of the green slime
3. Bart believes that mice exposed to Identify the:
radiowaves will become extra strong. a. Control Group :
He decides to perform this experiment The mice that were not microwaved
by placing 10 mice near a radio for
5 hours. He compared b. Independent
these 10 mice to Variable :
another 10 mice that Amount of
had not been Microwave
exposed. His test radiation
consisted of a heavy hitting the mice.
block of wood that
blocked the mouse c. Dependent
food. He found that 8 Variable :
out of 10 of the The strength of the
radiowaved mice and 7 out of 10 of the mice
other mice were able to move the block.
d. What should Bart's conclusion be?
Microwave radiation does not increase
the strength
of mice.
4. Krusty was told that a
certain itching powder e. How could Bart's experiment
was the newest best thing be improved?
on the market, it even Bart needs to use a much larger
claims to cause 50% sample size and increase the number
longer lasting itches.
of groups to vary the amount of
Interested in this product,
he buys the itching radiation received by the mice. Bart
powder and compares it to his usual might also increase the mass of the
product. One test subject (A) is block in front of the food since
sprinkled with the original itching control mice were able to move it
powder, and another test subject (B) fairly easily. Change the
was sprinkled with the Experimental experiment so that it does not involve
itching powder. Subject A reported living organisms.
having itches for 30 minutes. Subject
B reported to have itches for 45
minutes.

Identify the:
5. Lisa is working on a a. Control Group : Subject A
science project. Her task
is to answer the question:
"Does Rogooti (which b. Independent Variable :
is a commercial hair The type of itch powder
product) affect the
speed of hair growth?"
Her family is willing to c. Dependent Variable :
volunteer for the The time of itchiness
experiment.
d. Explain whether the data supports the
advertisements claims about its product.

The data does support the advertisement since

subject B did itch for 50% longer than subject
A. However, since the sample size was so low,
the experiment is not valid and therefore the
results are not valid. Krusty needed to have a
much larger sample size. He should have
tested both powders on each participant to rule
out that some people may react more severely
than others.

a. Describe how Lisa would perform this

experiment. Identify the control group,
and the independent and dependent
variables in your description :

Lisa would test two family

members. One would grow their hair
naturally (control group) and the
other would use Rogooti
(experimental group). The independent
variable is the amount of
product and the length of hair growth is
the dependent variable. Lisa will measure
the length of her family’s hair each day
for a month and graph the results for each
group. She will then analyze the results to
see if Rogooti resulted in quicker
growing hair.