Experimental Design, Graphing and Data Table Quiz (Practice)

Experimental Design, Graphing and Data Table Quiz (practice) Integrated Science 1 Name: Period:

Perfume and Bees Behavior Joanna read that certain perfume esters would agitate bees. Because perfume formulas are secret, she decided to determine whether the unknown Ester X was present in four different perfumes by observing the bees' behavior. She placed a saucer containing 10 ml of the first perfume 3 meters from the beehive. She recorded the time required for the bees to emerge and made observations on their behavior and recorded it as low, medium or high agitation level. After a 30 minute recovery period, she tested the second, third and fourth perfumes. All experiments were conducted on the same day when the weather conditions were similar; that is, air, temperature, and wind.

Design Outline

Title:

Hypothesis:

Independent Variable (IV):

Levels of I.V. (indicate the control treatment): Number of trials you will conduct for each level:

Dependent Variable (DV): Quantitative:

Qualitative:

Constants:

In the space provided, use a ruler to create a final-draft quality data table for the experiment described above. Watch your labeling and units! Using the provided data, construct a quality graph for the information. Assume all lowest data numbers to be zero. Watch your labeling and units! Use the box below for scale calculations.

Perfume 1 – 8 seconds Perfume 2 – 7 seconds Perfume 3 – 12 seconds Perfume 4 – 9 seconds No Perfume – 25 seconds

In this space, show how you calculate the scale for the Y axis: