The Scientific Method
What is the name of the step where you test your hypothesis?
Experiment
What kind of relationship is it when animals compete for food or space?
A) Cooperation
B) Competition
C) Mutualism
B. Competition
What is a life cycle?
The changes an animal goes through during its life.
What are clouds made of?
Water drops, ice crystals, dust
Which type of rock form from volcanos, lava and magma?
Igneous
If your experiment shows that your guess was wrong, what should you do?
Try a new hypothesis
When both animals help each other, like bees and flowers, what is this called?
A) Mutualism
B) Competition
C) Commensalism
(Answer: A)
What are traits?
Features or behaviors we inherit or learn.
What kind of cloud is big, puffy, and looks like cotton balls?
Cumulus
What are rocks made of?
One or more minerals.
Name one scientific tool that could help a scientist during an experiment.
Various answers
What is a group of animals living together called?
A pack or herd
What is a learned behavior?
Something you are taught or learn by watching another individual.
Which storm forms over warm ocean water, can be very big and cause a lot of destruction?
Hurricane
Which rock type is made from layers of sand, mud, and tiny fossils?
Sedimentary
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Ask a Question
Give an example of a predator-prey relationship.
Lion-zebra, various answers
What is the first step in a plant’s life cycle?
Seed
What do we call clouds that bring thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
What kind of rock forms when heat and pressure change a rock?
Metamorphic
What do scientists do after they ask a question?
Make a hypothesis
What do we call it when two animals live closely together and help each other?
A) Competition
B) Symbiosis
C) Migration
Answer: B Symbiosis
What is metamorphosis? Give an example.
A change in an animal’s body during its life cycle. Caterpillar changing into a butterfly.
Which clouds are high in the sky and look thin and wispy?
Cirrus
What is the softest mineral that you can scratch with your fingernail?
Talc