Characteristics of Life
Organ Systems
Scientific Method
CER
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The ability to obtain and use energy.
What is metabolism?
100
The brain is a part of this organ system.
What is the nervous system?
100
This human trait is the basis for all scientific investigation and experimentation.
What is curiosity?
100
Define "claim."
A claim is a statement that represents an idea, fact, or opinion.
100
This is the largest state in the United States.
What is Alaska?
200
The ability to use complex behaviors in response to environmental changes or external factors.
What is response to stimulus?
200
Arteries and capillaries are a major part of this organ system.
What is the circulatory system?
200
This is the appropriate structure for writing a hypothesis
What is "If ... then ... because ..."
200
This must always be used to support a claim.
What is evidence
200
This musical artist currently has the Billboard #1 pop song.
Who is Taylor Swift? Song: Bad Blood
300
This characteristic of life asserts that all lifeforms undergo change over time.
What is evolution and adaptation?
300
This organ system directly relates to metabolism and use of energy.
What is the digestive system?
300
These are the 2 types of scientific observations.
What are qualitative and quantitative observations.
300
Explain how reasoning and evidence are connected.
Reasoning is an attempt to explain why the evidence supports the claim.
300
This artist currently has the Billboard #1 Hip-Hop/R&B track.
Who is Wiz Khalifa. Song: See You Again
400
This characteristic of life asserts that all life develops new structures and functions over time as part of its life cycle.
What is growth and development?
400
This organ system promotes growth and development, as it contains glands that aid in reproduction and growth.
What is the endocrine system?
400
This type of observation is made primarily by using our five senses.
What is qualitative observation.
400
Explain what factors make a claim strong.
It is specific, and can be argued with evidence.
400
This is the highest grossing movie of Summer 2015 so far.
What is Avengers: Age of Ultron ($438 million in the US)
500
This was Jose's mnemonic device for remembering the Characteristics of Life. -OR- explain how a mnemonic device is created, and how it helps with memorization.
What is Red Raspberries Make Even Greater Homemade Cookies. A mnemonic device helps connect information you are learning to something already familiar to you, or an invented sentence in which the first letter of each word is a cue to an idea you need to remember.
500
This is the name for the finger-like fibers in the intestine that extract nutrients from our food.
What is villi?
500
Explain the importance of a control group -- what is it? How is it different from an experimental group?
Control group is used as a baseline in order to establish "normal conditions," which we then compare to our experimental group, which has been changed to isolate a variable. We need a control in order to establish scientific comparison.
500
What are 3 factors that make a claim weak?
It is too general, it is an opinion, it can't be supported with evidence, or it is common knowledge.
500
This person has the most Instagram followers outside of the Instagram account itself.
Who is Kim Kardashian? Over 26 million followers.
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