CER
Inference or Observation
Characteristics of Life
Levels of Organization
"Potpourri"
100

What does CER stand for?

What is the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning?

100

Ms. Kelly is grumpy today.

What is an inference?

100

Cell, tissue, organ, organ system and organism. 

What is a organization?

100

This stage is the simplest level of organization and the smallest unit of life. 

What is a cell?

100

Where on your science google classroom do you go if you are absent and want to see what you missed in class? 

What is the Week at a Glance or (WAAG)?

200

Can be either quantitative or qualitative. (Think of the parts of the CER.)

What is evidence to support the claim?

200
There must be a fire.
What is an inference.
200

Baby macaque monkeys look like their parents.

What is heredity?

200

The digestive system is an example of this level of organization. 

What is an organ system?

200

Examples of things you should not do in the lab. (Choose 4)

What are eating, drinking, running, smelling containers directly, having your hair down, not using gloves, etc?

300

Answer to a question in a complete sentence.

What is the Claim?

300
I smelled the smoke and heard the fire truck sirens
What is an observation.
300

Keeping in balance, like a person sweating when they are too hot.

What is homeostasis?

300

This is the most complex level of organization of living things.

What is an organism?

300

Queenie the chicken laying an egg is a good example of this characteristic of life.

What are reproduction and heredity?

400

Complete sentence explanation about how you have connected the data to the claim.

What is Reasoning?

400

22 out of 25 flowers died in the salt water mixture. (Be specific)

What is a quantitative observation.

400

Changes over time, like an egg becomes a tadpole and finally a frog.

What is growth and development?

400

The levels of organization of living things in order from least complex to complex. 

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

400

What day is your notebook due this week? 

What is the by the end of the day on Thursday?

500

When would you need to use a CER?

What is anytime you need to communicate information about data you have collected.

500

This type of observation uses describing words. (Be specific!)

What is a Qualitative observation?

500

The eight characteristics of life.

What is: Cells, Reproduction, Heredity, Growth and Development, Metabolism, Respond to Stimuli, Homeostasis, Evolution

500

Both the flower and stem are an example of this level of organization of a sunflower.

What is an organ?

500

The crickets in Leo the lizard's cage chirping and moving like crazy demonstrated this characteristic of life.

What is response to stimuli?

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