What is making an observation or asking a question?
100
This is the variable that is changed or manipulated in the experiment.
What is the independent variable?
100
The group in an experiment that receives the independent variable.
What is experimental group?
100
An organism that has only one cell.
What is unicellular?
100
A turtle finds and eats a piece of watermelon.
What is obtaining and using energy?
200
The last step of the scientific method that sums up what has been found in the experiment.
What is the conclusion?
200
The group that receives all of the same conditions, except the independent variable.
What is the control group?
200
The type of reproduction that is essentially cloning.
What is asexual?
200
Reproduction that involves two parents or two separate cells joining together.
What is sexual reproduction?
200
A butterfly egg becomes a caterpillar and then a butterfly.
What is growth and development?
300
The tentative possible explanation for the problem stated or question asked.
What is the hypothesis?
300
The variable that is measured, the outcome/result.
What is the dependent variable?
300
A mathematical rule that explains how natural phenomena should work in ideal conditions.
What is a law?
300
The process of maintaining a relatively stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
300
All four limbed animals have the same bones in the same order in their forearm.
What is change over time/evolution?
400
This is what you collect to determine if the hypothesis is supported or refuted.
What is data?
400
The type of data that involves numbers is called _______________and the type that is descriptive is called_________________.
What is quantitative and qualitative?
400
A well tested idea that summarizes many experiments and hypotheses. Capable of accurately predicting any and all new situations that fall within its scope.
What is a Theory?
400
Anything that causes a reaction in an organism.
What is a stimulus?
400
A plant's leaves grow towards a light source.
What is response to the environment?
500
A logical interpretation of a situation based on prior knowledge. Often leads you to your hypothesis.
What is an inference?
500
Give two examples of controlled variables in an experiment.
What is light, temperature, soil, water, food, species used, etc.?
500
The meaning of the word tetrapod.
What is having four limbs?
500
All of the chemical reactions that take place in an organism that allow it to break down food for energy.
What is metabolism?
500
A cat gives birth to a litter of kittens that look like a combination of her and her mate (2 characteristics).