Characteristics of Life III
This is the air, water, weather, temperature, other organisms in the area, and other factors (internal and external to the organism).
What is environment?
This is an organism that makes their own food.
What is an autotroph?
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is asking a question or making an observation?
This is the final step of the scientific method.
What is drawing a conclusion?
This is the measurement system that is used by scientists in order to make communication easier by using measurements in multiples of 10.
What is the metric system?
What is an adaptation?
This is the ability to do work that comes from the food that organisms eat.
What is energy?
This is an investigation of a phenomenon in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
This is something that remains fixed and unchanged throughout an experiment.
What is a constant?
Measuring the a chemical reaction by smelling a certain scent is an example of collecting this type of data.
What is qualitative data?
This is any part of the environment that causes a reaction by the organism.
What is a stimulus?
This is the gradual accumulation of adaptations over time.
What is evolution?
An experiment that can be repeated with similar results is known as this.
What is valid?
This is a testable explanation of a situation that should be written in an "if/then" statement.
What is a hypothesis?
Measuring the time it takes to run a mile in seconds is an example of collecting this type of data.
What is quantitative data?
You walk outside and the temperature is colder than you thought. You go back in and put on a coat. Putting on a coat is an example of this.
What is a response to a stimulus?
This is the reaction to a stimulus.
What is a response?
This is the group in the experiment that is unaffected by the independent variable.
What is a control?
This is the group that is exposed to the independent variable.
What is the experimental group?
Charts and graphs are typically used to present this type of data.
What is quantitative data?
A kicker in football kicks the ball off after the sound of a referee's whistle. In this scenario, the referee's whistle is this.
What is a stimulus?
Sweating when your body temperature gets too high is an example of this.
What is homeostasis?
This is the variable that affects the outcome of the experiment and it goes along the x-axis of a graph.
What is the independent variable?
This is the variable that is affected by what you change in an experiment, also known as what you are measuring in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
In science, volume is usually measured in this unit and length is usually measured in this unit.
What are liters and meters?