Nature of Science
What is Scientific Investigation?
Is what is used to learn about the natural world and solve problems
This movement of Earth on its axis takes 24 hours and causes day and night.
It is rotation
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
Living things can respond and adapt to this.
What is the environment?
This is the broad category for animals that have a backbone
(Vertebrates)
What is an opinion? Give the definition and an example
A belief that cannot be proven.
(Responses may vary) ex. Strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate
The reason why Earth has seasons
it is the tilt of Earth's axis
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
Plant leaf cells produce this for the plant.
What is food?
This is the broad category for animals that do not have a backbone
(Invertebrates)
What is a graduated cylinder?
Tool used to measure liquid usually in millimeters
The phase of the moon when it is a fully lit, bright circle
the Full Moon
these clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
This is made up of tissues of different kinds that come together to do a particular job.
What is an organ?
This is the kingdom of life that includes multicellular organisms that make their own food using sunlight.
(Plants)
What is a conclusion?
The outcome of the experiment based on the data collected.
This type of rock is formed when sediment is pressed and glued together over time.
sedimentary rock
the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
This is a group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function
(Tissue)
This group of animals has hair or fur, breathes with lungs, and feeds their young milk
(Mammals)
What are the steps to conduct a scientific investigation?
1. Identifying a question or problem solvable by science.
2. Researching what is currently known about the question or problem.
3. Predicting a likely answer to the question or solution to the problem using info from research.
The term for the moon shrinking from a full circle back to a sliver
waning
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
This is a group of organs that work together to perform a major body function
(Organ System)
This is the four-stage process some insects go through: egg, larva, pupa, and adult
Complete Metamorphosis