Scientific Method
The process or series of steps used by scientists to learn about the world around them.
What is the Scientific Method?
A famous English scientist renowned for several discoveries, including the Laws of Motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
A more scientific name for Earth's crust, this word literally means "ball of stone".
What is Lithosphere?
A group of cells that are small and simple, and do not protect their DNA inside of a nucleus.
What are Prokaryotes?
A special type of reproduction where a complex organism is able to reproduce on its own, in many ways mimicking Asexual Reproduction.
What is Parthenogenesis?
A group/part of an experiment that is left alone (not testing the variable).
What is a Control Group?
A famous 3-wheeled vehicle that was extremely popular in England, even though it struggled to deal with Newton's First Law of Motion.
What is the Reliant Robin?
Of all of Wegener's evidence to support his theory of Continental Drift, this was by far the most impressive and important.
What are fossils?
What is a Ribosome?
These specialized cells contain 50% of an organism's DNA.
What are Gametes?
Describes something in nature that will always happen under certain circumstances.
What is a Law?
An action that changes the motion/speed of an object (often seen as a push or pull).
What is a Force?
Proposed by Edmond Halley in 1692, this famous theory proposed that the Earth was made up of multiple layers separated from each other by layers of air.
What is Hollow Earth Theory?
A famous Dutch businessman who became popular throughout Europe for creating the strongest microscopes.
Who is Antoine Leeuwenhoek?
An expression that is used to describe the genes that an organism has inherited from both of its parents; often shown by a combination of two letters (AA, Aa or aa).
What is a Genotype?
A personal belief that gets in the way of truth or understanding.
What is a Bias?
A natural phenomenon where bright lights are seen in Earth's Northern hemisphere as the planet's magnetic field interacts with radiation from the Sun.
What is the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)?
One of the many characteristics used to identify a mineral, this specific characteristic is used to measure how a crystal reflects light. *HINT: How shiny it is
What is Luster?
A rigid barrier that helps protect a cell while also helping it maintain its shape.
What is a Cell Wall?
A famous Austrian Monk who became famous for his work discovering the Laws of Inheritance through his research in breeding pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
A proposed explanation for something observed in nature.
What is an Hypothesis?
Examples of this natural occurance. include Friction, Tension, Normal, Air Resistance, Applied and Spring
What are Contact Forces?
What is Metamorphic Rock?
A special group of cells that are typically found in extreme environments. These cells also are believed to have not changed in thousands of years.
What are Archaea?
The physical appearance of an organism that is based on the combination of genes they inherited from their parents.
What is a Phenotype?