The Scientific Method
This is an educated prediction about what will happen during an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
This variable is measured or observed to see if it changes.
What is the dependent variable?
True or False: A scientific theory becomes a law after enough evidence is collected.
What is false?
This part of the Cell Theory states what all living things are made of.
What is all living things are made of cells?
All living things use this to carry out life processes and survive.
What is energy?
This step involves collecting information by using your senses or tools, usually resulting in a question to be answered.
What is observation?
This is the variable that the scientist changes on purpose during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
This explains why something happens in nature and is supported by a large amount of evidence.
What is a scientific theory?
This statement explains where new cells come from.
What is that all cells come from pre-existing cells?
This characteristic of life involves producing offspring.
What is reproduction?
These are the facts, measurements, and results gathered during an Experiment.
What is data?
These variables are kept the same throughout an experiment to make it fair.
What are controlled variables?
This describes a pattern or relationship in nature, often using words or math.
What is a scientific law?
According to Cell Theory, a cell is this type of structure. The "B" from the ABC's of the cell theory.
What is the basic unit of life?
When a tiny seed becomes a large plant, it is showing these two characteristics of life.
What are growth and development?
This step is the most vital part of the scientific method, it insures that new knowledge is passed on to the entire world.
What is Sharing Results?
This is the alternate name for dependent variable.
What is outcome variable?
Gravity causes objects to fall toward Earth. The explanation for why this happens is an example of this.
What is a scientific theory?
This invention allowed scientists to observe cells and develop the Cell Theory.
What is the microscope?
Sweating when you are hot is an example of maintaining a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This step explains what the results mean and whether the hypothesis was supported.
What is a conclusion?
In an experiment testing how sunlight affects plant growth, the amount of sunlight is this type of variable.
What is the independent variable?
This type of scientific knowledge tells what happens but not necessarily why it happens.
What is a scientific law?
An amoeba is made of only one cell. This term describes organisms made of a single cell.
What is unicellular?
A sunflower bending toward the sunlight is an example of this characteristic of life.
What is responding to the environment?