An explanation supported by many observations and experiments over time.
What is a theory?
100
A logo used in the laboratory to alert you to a specific danger.
What is a safety symbol?
100
The group used for comparison.
What is a control group?
200
anything that is living or once was living.
What is an organism?
200
Search for knowledge.
What drives science forward?
200
Applies science to matters of legal interest.
What is forensics?
200
A direct method of gathering information; often involves record keeping.
What is an observation?
200
Quantitative data deals with numbers; measurements.
Qualitative data deals with the senses; desribing what our senses detect.
What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?
300
Regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life.
What is homeostasis?
300
A process by which the results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists/peers in the same field.
What is a peer review?
300
AIDS, global warming, nuclear energy, cloning.
What are some issues today that relate to science?
300
To combine what you know and use it to draw conclusions.
What is inferring?
300
The way that scientists answer questions or solve problems.
What is the scientific method?
400
The application of scientific knowledge to solve human needs and extend human capabilities.
What is technology?
400
Judging someone's character or personality based on physical/facial features.
What is physiognomy?
400
International System of Units
What does SI stand for?
400
A testable exlanation of a situation.
What is a hypothesis?
400
Independent variable is the tested factor.
Dependent variable depends on the changes to the independent variable.
What is the difference between the independent and the dependent variable?
500
1. Made of one or more cells
2. Displays organization
3. Grows and develops
4. Reproduces
5. Responds to stimuli
6. Requires energy
7. Maintains homeostasis
8. Adapts over time
What are the 8 characteristics of living organisms?
500
1. Pseudoscience does not encourage research.
2. Pseudoscince makes claims that cannot be tested.
What are 2 differences between science and pseudoscience?
500
Based on the powers of 10; used internationally
Why do scientists use the metric system?
500
The occurance of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results.