Scientific Method
The first step of the Scientific Method
What is an observation?
The SI unit for length
What is metres (m)?
A living thing
What is an organism?
A creature that can transform into a bat and is said to drink blood
What is a vampire?
The largest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter?
An educated guess predicting what we think will happen
What is a hypothesis?
How many minutes are there in a year?
525,600 minutes
The powerhouse of the cell, where energy is released from food through respiration
What is the mitochondria?
The ancient Irish festival from which Halloween was born
What is Samhain?
The deepest place on Earth
What is the Marianna Trench?
What we are changing
What is the Independent Variable?
The SI unit for temperature
What is Kelvin?
Name 2 organelle present in a plant cell that are not present in an animal cell
Cell wall, Vacuole, Chloroplast
A ghostly, wailing figure who heralds death
What is a banshee?
The scientist who discovered gravity
Who is Isaac Newton?
What we are measuring
What is the Dependent Variable?
A piece of equipment used to measure diameter
What is Vernier Callipers?
A group of organs working together
What is a system?
The vegetable that was traditionally carved into lanterns before pumpkins became popular
What is a turnip?
The largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
A student is investigating how the amount of water affects plant growth. Identify the independent variable, dependent variable, and one fixed variable.
Independent variable: amount of water; dependent variable: plant growth/height; fixed variable: type of plant, amount of sunlight, soil type, etc.
A liquid level in a measuring cylinder should be read from here
What is the bottom of the meniscus?
Name the seven characteristics of life
Reproduction, movement, nutrition, respiration, response, growth, defecation
Why did people traditionally wear costumes during Samhain?
To confuse the spirits who had come through into the human world
How many bones do sharks have?
zero