The Simpsons' Experiments Explained
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Smithers thinks that a special juice would increase 1. Identify:
the productivity of employees. It creates two
groups of 50 employees each and guides them to {"a)Grupo Controle":"a) Control Group"}
do the same task (in this case, they must b) Independent variable
grabbing papers). Group A receives the juice c) Dependent variable
special and Group B does not. After an hour, What should be Smithers' conclusion?
Smithers counts how many papers each group stapled. Group A e) How the experiment could be
Group A 1587 papers and Group B 2113. improved?
Homer notes that his shower is covered by 2. What was the initial observation?
green limo. Your friend Barney tells you that milk
from coconut would clean this slime. Homer decides 3. Identify:
test by wetting half of the shower with the
coconut milk. In the other half he adds water. a) Control Group
After three days of doing this, Homer does not see b) Independent variable
no change in the appearance of the slime in c) Dependent variable
neither side. What should be Homer's conclusion?
Bart believes that mice exposed to radio waves 4. Identify:
they become super strong (maybe he is reading a lot of Man
Radioactive). He decides to develop an experiment placing 10 Control Group
mice near a radio for 5 hours. b) Independent variable
Then he compared these mice with c) Dependent variable
another 10 mice that were not exposed d) What should Bart's conclusion be?
to the waves. Your test consisted of leaving a block e) How the experiment could be
heavy wood blocking access to the feed improved?
of the mouse. He observed that 8 of the animals
exposed to the waves managed to push the block
The 7 of the unexposed also succeeded.
They told Krusty that a new monkey powder was the 5. Identify:
best in the market, its manufacturers say that the
itching lasts 50% longer than powders Control Group
common. Interested in the product, he buys the powder and b) Independent variable
compares to what he used. A person A receives the c) Dependent variable
original monkey's powder and a person B receives the new one d) Explain if the data supports what the
monkey dust. Person A reported having itching for 30 manufacturers say about the product.
minutes and person B reported having itching for 45
minutes.
Lisa is working on a project of 6. Describe how Lisa can create this
sciences. Your task is to answer the question: "The experiment. In this description, identify
Cabeludão (which is a hair product) affects the the control group and the dependent variables
"hair growth rate?" Your family and independent.
is willing to volunteer for the experiment.
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Para responder as questões do trabalho considere os seguintes conceitos:
In an experiment where hypotheses are put to the test, we have what we call:
Control group: Imagine that you want to test a new fertilizer for plants.
helps plants grow faster). You can divide your plants into two groups - one group
one that receives the new fertilizer (experimental group) and another group that does not receive the fertilizer (control group)
control). In this way, you can compare the growth of plants with and without the fertilizer to
determine if the fertilizer is really effective.
Independent variable: it is the variable that the researcher controls and manipulates to see its effects.
about the other variable. For example, in the plant experiment, the fertilizer would be the variable.
independent, because it is the variable being tested to see if it affects plant growth.
Dependent variable: it is the variable in which the result depends on the manipulation performed by the
researcher. In the example of plants, the growth of the plants would be the dependent variable because it is the
what the researcher is measuring to see if it is affected by the fertilizer.
Imagine that you want to test if a new color of light affects plant growth. You can place
some plants in a room with blue light (experimental group) and other plants in a room with white light
(control group). After a few weeks, you measure the height of the plants in both groups.
the independent variable would be the color of the light (blue or white) and the dependent variable would be the growth of
plants (measured in height). The control group would be the group of plants that grow in white light, without the