Scientific Method
Turn this statement into a strong hypothesis:
I think that vitamin C keeps you from getting sick during cold season.
If individuals take vitamin C, then they reduce their risk of illness.
This was independent variable in Redi's experiment.
What is the covering on the jars?
This is one way you could explain why fire is not alive.
What is that it is not made of cells.
These are the basic units of life.
What is a cell?
This was the name of the chubby mouse from Cinderella.
Who is Gus.
This is an example of qualitative data.
What is data that does not include numbers. For instance the plant grew larger.
If you wanted to know if miracle grow helps plants grow larger in height, this would be your dependent variable.
What is the height of the plants.
This is a well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of hypotheses and observations.
What is a scientific theory?
All organisms are based on the same genetic code written in this molecule.
What is DNA?
This was the name of the head shark in Finding Nemo.
Who was Bruce.
This describes a group that does not receive the independent variable in an experiment.
What may they receive?
What is a control group?
A placebo.
In a drug trial for a new pain medicine group A receives a new Tylenol drug while group B receives a placebo. This is the independent variable.
What is the Tylenol?
This describes a particular preference or point of view that is personal rather than scientific.
What is bias?
When this occurs, offspring are identical to the parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
This is the name of Belle's horse in Beauty and the Beast.
Who is Philippe?
This the variable that is observed and that changes in an experiment.
What does it mean for it to quantitative?
What is the dependent variable?
It involves numbers
These were three controlled variables in Redi's experiment.
What is the same jar, the same cut of meat, and the same time. (answers may vary)
This was the independent variable of our skittles lab.
What is color of skittles
One example of this characteristic of life is that your body maintains a constant 98.6 degree temperature.
What is a homeostasis?
In Aladdin, this was the name of Jasmine's pet tiger.
Who is Rajah?
This variable is manipulated by the experimenter.
How many are in an experiment?
What is the independent variable?
There can only be one!
This is the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful way.
When we apply our prior knowledge it is this.
What is observation?
Inference.
This is a quality of thinking like a scientist that causes you to question existing ideas and hypotheses.
What is skepticism?
This is the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials.
What is metabolism?
This was the name of the seagull from The Little Mermaid.
Who is Scuttle?