Scientific Method I
What is the purpose question?
What affect does...have on...?
the head system is similar to this in a plant
What are the roots?
the moveable bone in the skull
What is the mandible?
the place where digestion begins in the body
The mouth?
An educated guess.
What is a qualitative observation?
the flower fruit and the seeds in the plant are similar to these systems in the human body
the sets of bones that house and protect the major organs of the human body
The sternum and the ribs?
What is the liver?
The thing that the scientist changes in the experiment.
What is the independent variable?
an explanation of why something is happening or what is being observed based on research or prior knowledge
what is an inference?
the plants stem and leaves are related to what human body systems or organs?
What is the circulatory and respiratory systems?
What is the heart and lungs?
the bone whose common name is the shoulder blade
What is the scapula?
the muscular bag that holds food being digested
What is the stomach?
The thing that changes as a result of the testing.
What is the dependent variable?
the items needed and the step by step list of instructions in an experiment
what are the materials and the procedure?
the bones located at the top of the vertebrae column
What are the atlas and axis?
the smallest bones located on the feet and hands that allow for fine motor skills
what are the phalanges?
the place where most nutrients are being transferred into the body (hint: 26 ft.)
The person responsible for the change in science from deductive to inductive investigations. We will hear his full story on Wednesday!
Who is Francis Bacon?
the three most important parts of a conclusion
What are:
1. supporting or not supporting the hypothesis
2. possible sources of errors
3. what the scientist would do next time?
the bone located in the forearm on the same anatomic side of the thumb
what is the radius?
the bone that connects the lower bones of the body to the upper bones of the body
What is the pelvic bone?
the organ that helps the digestive system change digested food into energy inside the human body.