Scientific Method 1
The thing you measure in the experiment.
Dependent variable
The thing you don't change in an experiment.
The control.
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
A pill bug eats a carrot.
Consume and use of energy or metabolism
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
An adult hydra is producing its offspring through budding.
Reproduction
What are the 4 main essential elements for living things?
Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen
What is a testable explanation?
Hypothesis
When you change something in a experiment.
Independent variable
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
You get poked by a pencil and you scream.
Respond to stimuli.
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
You look at a some onion skin under a microscope and notice it is made of tiny little boxes.
What type of essential molecule is provided by eating meat?
Protein
Identify the independent variable.
Two plants are grown using the same light and pots. One plant is given water that has been microwaved and the other plant is given regular tap water. Their height is measured after 2 weeks.
The plant is given water that has been microwaved.
What is the dependent variable?
Something you measure in an experiment.
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
A criminal cuts his hand and leaves blood at the scene of the crime and the cops test the blood and identify him.
Heredity or genetics
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
Your cat has a litter of kittens on your ABU and you are out of uniform today.
Reproduction and infraction
What kind type of essential molecule is oil?
Lipid
Is this an observation or inference?
I hear the train coming but I can't see it.
Inference
Is this an observation or inference?
That is a crested gecko because it has these defining characteristics.
Observation
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
You need to buy new pants because your pants are too short.
Grow and Develop
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
A tulip opens up in the morning at sunrise and closes up in the evening at sunrise.
Respond to stimuli
What type of essential molecule is a starch?
Carbohydrate
Identify the control.
Two plants are grown using the same light and pots. One plant is given water that has been microwaved and the other plant is given regular tap water. Their height is measured after 2 weeks.
The plant is given regular tap water.
The difference between a theory and a hypothesis is that a theory.
A theory has been tested repeatedly.
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
You look similar to your parents.
Heredity of genetics
Using the example below identify the Characteristic of Life:
A lizard lying on a sunny rock to help kill fungi that live in its body.
Maintain an internal balance or Homeostasis
What are the 3 main types of molecules essential for living organisms?
Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins