Variables

Question 1

Dependent

Answer 1

a variable whose value depends on that of another.
(what the experiment is measuring/based around)
e.g. rate of evaporation.

Question 2

Independent

Answer 2

the variable that the researcher changes e.g. temperature.

Question 3

Control

Answer 3

The control variable stays the same throughout the investigation e.g. the volume of water.

Question 4

Continuous

Answer 4

Something that has an infinite number of options e.g. volume, time, length.

Question 5

Categoric

Answer 5

Categoric variables have values that are labels. e.g. names of plants or types of material. To plot a graph of categoric results, you should choose to do a bar chart.