Theory vs. Law
Answers the question "what"
What is a law?
First step in scientific method
What is make an observation OR what is ask a question?
The "father of evolution"/coined term natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin?
All forms of life have this element, and it is cycled through the environment
What is the Carbon Cycle?
Miss Fuccella's dog's name
What is Ollie?
Answers the question "why"
What is a theory?
What is a hypothesis?
A trait that makes an organism better suited to its environment
What is an adaptation?
Gets energy from the sun
What is a producer?
Capital of Florida
What is Tallahassee?
Theories and laws are both backed or supported by lots of this
What is evidence?
Variable that is measured
What is dependent variable?
The official term for "Survival of the fittest"
What is natural selection?
Relationship in which two organisms benefit
What is mutualism?
Miss Fuccella's favorite food
What are tacos?
Conclusion based on your observations
What is an inference?
Variable that is the test variable, the one the scientist changes
What is independent variable?
The deeper the fossils are, the older they are
What is the Law of Superposition?
Mass cannot be created or destroyed
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
Florida has more of these than any other state
What are toll roads?
Example of a theory
What is Theory of Evolution? Or What is Big Bang Theory? or What is Cell Theory?
The group that does not receive the "treatment" or independent variable
What is a control group?
Name of Charles Darwin's ship
Third-level consumer
What is tertiary consumer?
Southernmost point of the continental US
What is Key West?