The Scientific Method
An educated guess about the solution to a problem.
What is a hypothesis.
Maintaining a stable internal environment is known as ____________.
What is homeostasis.
The variable "I change".
What is the independent variable.
The metric system is based on this number.
What is 10.
What is biology?
What is: the study of life.
What are the two types of data?
What are qualitative and quantitative.
What is the universal genetic information for living things?
What is DNA.
The group NOT being treated with the independent variable.
What is: the control group.
The basic unit of length in the metric system.
What is meter.
What is science?
What is an organized way of gathering/analyzing evidence about the natural world.
Hypotheses must be proposed in a way that enables them to be ________.
What is tested.
Living things respond to this (ex. light, heat, etc)
What is stimulus.
The variable that changes in response to the Independent variable.
The basic unit of mass in the metric system.
What is gram.
What is evolution?
What is: change over time.
The steps of the scientific method.
What are: 1) Asking a question/Identifying a problem 2) Form a hypothesis 3) Controlled Experiment 4) Collect Data 5) Conclusion
What is the difference between the two types of reproduction?
What is: sexual reproduction requires 2 parents, asexual reproduction requires 1.
Hypotheses should be written as an ___/____ statement.
The boiling and freezing point of water.
What is: 100 degrees celcius (Boiling) and 0 degrees celcius (freezing)
A student sees a bee on a flower. The student wonders how bees find flowers. This student is displaying the scientific attitude of______.
What is curiosity.
Why is it important that scientists use the scientific method?
What is: It keeps them organized and allows results and data to be shared/repeated.
Chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials.
What is metabolism.
Why should only one variable be changed at a time?
What is: to keep the experiment controlled.
Why is it important all scientists use the metric system?
What is: so experiments can be recreated and data can be shared.
The four characteristics of good scientists.
What are: curiosity, skepticism, open-mindedness, and creativity.