Question

What is the control in a experiment with testing how high a ball with bounce when the temp will change. I will drop them from 70 centimeters. 3 balls one with one stripe one with two and one with none. I will place a ball with 1 in the freezer overnight, the reached a temp of 0 degrees Celsius. Another ball with 2 stripes in the oven at the temp of 40 degrees Celsius. The last ball with no stripes I left in a room at the temp of 20 degrees Celsius overnight.

Answer 1

In your experiment, the control is the condition against which all other conditions are compared. In the context of your experiment, the control would be the ball with no stripes that you left in a room at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. This is the baseline condition, allowing you to assess how the other two balls (one at 0 degrees Celsius and the other at 40 degrees Celsius) perform relative to this standard temperature.

When conducting experiments, controls are crucial for ensuring that any differences in the results can be attributed to the variable being tested—in this case, the temperature of the balls—rather than other factors. By using the ball at room temperature as your control, you can then observe how the bounce height of the balls changes based on their different temperatures and compare those results.