Scientific Process
A statement that explains what you think will happen in an investigation is called this.
What is a claim?
Matter can exist as a solid, liquid, or this.
What is a gas?
The gas plants take in from the air to help them grow.
What is carbon dioxide?
A balloon filled with air weighs more than an empty balloon. This shows that air has _______.
What is mass (weight and takes up space).
An animal that eats only other animals for food.
What is a carnivore?
A test set up to find out if your claim is correct is called this.
What is an experiment?
Ice melting into water shows a change between these two states of matter.
What are solid and liquid?
Tiny openings on the underside of a leaf that let gases move in and out are called this.
What are stomata?
If a plant grows heavier but the soil weight doesn’t change, what does this show?
What is plants do not gain most of their mass from soil?
Animals that eat only plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
Facts, data, or observations that support or disprove a claim are known as this.
What is evidence?
When water boils and becomes steam, it is changing from this state to this state.
What is liquid to gas?
Plants release this gas, which humans and animals need to breathe.
What is oxygen?
A student thinks plants only need sunlight, not air. What experiment could test this?
What is covering the leaves or removing carbon dioxide?
Animals that eat both plants and animals are called this.
What are omnivores?
Scientists use evidence to do this important step at the end of an investigation.
What is draw a conclusion?
The state of matter that trees take in for growth, even though you can’t see it.
What is gas (carbon dioxide)?
Most of a tree’s mass comes from this invisible gas, not from the soil.
What is carbon dioxide?
In an experiment, what should you do to be sure your results are fair?
What is control variables (keep everything else the same)?
In a food chain, ______ is passed from one organism to another.
What is matter?