Scientific Method
Sights, sounds, touch, taste, smells
What are observations?
studies outer space, the solar system, and the objects in it
What is an astronomer?
What are abiotic factors?
anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter?
Which is smaller, a nucleus of an animal cell or an atom?
What is an atom?
Patience, Being Open to Others (Collaboration), and Curiosity
What makes a good scientist?
Studies the interaction between life forms in an environment
What is an ecologist?
the environment in which a particular group of species lives
What is a habitat?
the amount of matter in an object or sample
What is mass?
The most abundant element in the universe
What is Hydrogen?
an educated guess or prediction
What is a hypothesis?
studies elements, atoms, and molecules
What is a chemist?
the position that an organism occupies in a food chain - what it eats, and what eats it.
What is a trophic level?
What is a solid?
the speed of light
What is 186,000 miles per second?
the variable that a scientist changes or manipulates in an experiment
What is the independent variable?
Studies all forms of life
What is a biologist?
An introduced species that outcompetes native species
What is an invasive species?
the movement of molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration
What is diffusion?
the most common gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
the measured result of changes to an independent variable in an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
Studies motion, forces, and energy to explain the way things work.
What is a physicist?
The maximum population number of species that the environment can sustain indefinitely given available resources.
What is carrying capacity?
phase change from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
the boiling point of Nitrogen
What is -320.4°F?