• Background

Think fast! It might feel like you think and react instantly, but it actually takes a little bit of time for nerve signals to travel. That's why when someone throws something at you unexpectedly, it's challenging to react quickly enough to catch it. Something that we react to in our environment is called a stimulus.

The amount of time between sensing and responding to a stimulus is called reaction time. Reaction time is usually so fast that we have to measure it in milliseconds. One millisecond is 1/1000 of a second.

Question

How fast is your reaction time?

Hypothesis

Based on what you know about how fast you and other people can catch balls, stop bicycles, hit volleyballs, etc., how fast do you think your reaction time is? Also base your hypothesis on what you have learned about nerves and nerve signals. (Remember a hypothesis does not have to be right, but it should be based on good logic and on knowledge we have gathered so far.) One second would be 1000 milliseconds, 1/2 of a second would be 500 milliseconds, 1/4 second would be 250 milliseconds. Write your hypothesis in your science notebook.

Materials

Procedure

1. Before beginning your experiment, make a data table in your science notebook (See directions in the data section).
3. Hold out your thumb and index finger, about three centimeters apart, ready to pinch together.he d
4. Have a parent or sibling hold the ruler with the 0 cm mark hanging just between your fingers.
5. At a random second, they should drop the ruler, and you should catch it. It is important that you don't know exactly when they are going to drop the ruler.
6. Measure to the nearest centimeter, or if you are able, to the nearest tenth of a centimeter, how far the ruler dropped before you caught it.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 5 four more times, for a total of 5 trials.
8. Find the average number of centimeters the ruler fell.
To find the average:
• Step 1: Estimate your average. The average should be the "normal" amount. It won't be the highest amount or the lowest amount. It will be somewhere in-between them.
• Step 2: Add together all 5 trials.
• Step 3: Divide the total by the number of trials.
The text passage provides a background on reaction time, a question about measuring personal reaction time, a hypothesis section, and a procedure for an experiment to measure reaction time. The procedure includes a step-by-step guide and instructions on how to calculate the average distance the ruler falls.
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explanation:
- the passage contains a single mathematical question: "how fast is your reaction time?"
- the question is not directly answered in the text; instead, it is part of an experiment that participants are instructed to conduct to find out their reaction time.
- the text provides a procedure to measure reaction time and instructions on how to calculate the average distance the ruler falls, which indirectly relates to the reaction time. however, the actual answer to the question is left to the participant to determine through the experiment.
Given a text passage, determine:
    1. If it contains a mathematical question (including word problems or calculations)
    2. If an answer to that mathematical question is provided in the text

First, describe the content structure you found in 1-2 sentences.

Then provide your analysis in the following format:
TYPE: <one of the following values>
- NO_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION_WITH_ANSWER
- MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS
- MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS_WITH_ANSWERS
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• Background

Think fast! It might feel like you think and react instantly, but it actually takes a little bit of time for nerve signals to travel. That's why when someone throws something at you unexpectedly, it's challenging to react quickly enough to catch it. Something that we react to in our environment is called a stimulus.

The amount of time between sensing and responding to a stimulus is called reaction time. Reaction time is usually so fast that we have to measure it in milliseconds. One millisecond is 1/1000 of a second.

Question

How fast is your reaction time?

Hypothesis

Based on what you know about how fast you and other people can catch balls, stop bicycles, hit volleyballs, etc., how fast do you think your reaction time is? Also base your hypothesis on what you have learned about nerves and nerve signals. (Remember a hypothesis does not have to be right, but it should be based on good logic and on knowledge we have gathered so far.) One second would be 1000 milliseconds, 1/2 of a second would be 500 milliseconds, 1/4 second would be 250 milliseconds. Write your hypothesis in your science notebook.

Materials

Procedure

1. Before beginning your experiment, make a data table in your science notebook (See directions in the data section).
3. Hold out your thumb and index finger, about three centimeters apart, ready to pinch together.he d
4. Have a parent or sibling hold the ruler with the 0 cm mark hanging just between your fingers.
5. At a random second, they should drop the ruler, and you should catch it. It is important that you don't know exactly when they are going to drop the ruler.
6. Measure to the nearest centimeter, or if you are able, to the nearest tenth of a centimeter, how far the ruler dropped before you caught it.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 5 four more times, for a total of 5 trials.
8. Find the average number of centimeters the ruler fell.
To find the average:
• Step 1: Estimate your average. The average should be the "normal" amount. It won't be the highest amount or the lowest amount. It will be somewhere in-between them.
• Step 2: Add together all 5 trials.
• Step 3: Divide the total by the number of trials.
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The text passage provides a background on reaction time, a question about measuring personal reaction time, a hypothesis section, and a procedure for an experiment to measure reaction time. The procedure includes a step-by-step guide and instructions on how to calculate the average distance the ruler falls.

TYPE: SINGLE_QUESTION

Explanation:
- The passage contains a single mathematical question: "How fast is your reaction time?"
- The question is not directly answered in the text; instead, it is part of an experiment that participants are instructed to conduct to find out their reaction time.
- The text provides a procedure to measure reaction time and instructions on how to calculate the average distance the ruler falls, which indirectly relates to the reaction time. However, the actual answer to the question is left to the participant to determine through the experiment.