Vocabulary
Characteristics of living things
Scientific Method
Variable and Data
Miscellaneous
100
An educated guess
What is Hypothesis?
100
All organisms store the information they need to survive in a genetic code written in DNA
what is Universal genetic code
100
Once data has been collected from an experiment, you do this to determine a conclusion
What is analyze?
100
This is the element that remains unchanged or unaffected by other variables in an experiment
What is control?
100
Of the following, this is NOT a goal of science:
a. to investigate and understand the natural world
b. to explain events in the natural world
c. to establish a collection of unchanging truths
d. to use derived explanations to make useful predictions
What is c?
200
A logical interpretation based off of prior knowledge and experience
What is inference?
200
All organisms are made of one or more cells
What is Made up of cells?
200
This is the first step of the scientific method
What is observation?
200
Tasha is testing the effect of blue-colored light on the growth of tomato plants. This is the independent variable for that experiment.
What is light color?
200
A personal preference or point of view is this
What is bias?
300
Factor in an experiment that is deliberately changed
What is independent variable?
300
Organisms produce new organisms
What is reproduction?
300
A scientist noticed that the number of salamanders in ponds in the Rocky Mountains was declining. This was a(n)...
What is an observation?
300
Martin did an experiment that compared the heights in centimeters of all of his classmates. His data was________________.
What is quantitative?
300
Of the following this best describes the purpose of science:
a. to explain the nature of things
b. to propose solutions to political problems
c. to solve the ethical problems of society
d. to debate the meaning of life
What is a?
400
Experiment in which only one variable is changed
What is controlled experiment
400
Organisms change, as a population, over time
What is evolution?
400
True or false: The scientific method is used as a guideline for scientists to conduct investigations
What is true?
400
A researcher is interested in the effects of nitrate and phosphate on plant growth and sets up an experiment in which groups of five plants are given 1, 2, and 3 grams of nitrate and 1, 2, and 3 grams of phosphate in all combinations over a period of one month. The researcher measures plant height and weight at the end of the experiment. This is missing from this experiment.
What is a control?
400
A biochemist is performing an experiment to determine the effects of chemical X on the growth of bacteria. This test tube is the control for that experiment.
What is Test tube 1?
500
Constant internal physical and chemical conditions
What is homeostasis?
500
Homeostasis
What is maintaining internal balance?
500
Using different substances and temperatures to see how Fortune Fish act under different conditions is an example of this step of the scientific method.
What is expermentation?
500
A scientist noticed that the number of salamanders in ponds in the Rocky Mountains was declining. This was a(n)...
What is observation?
500
A person studying a topic is presented with new information that conflicts with previous findings. Of the following which is the appropriate action to take
a. ignore it
b. evaluate the new information
c. argue against the new information
d. keep the information to themself
What is b.