Ask About Life
The name of the parrot that we watched in a video.
What is Alex
The name of the thickest layer of earth.
What is the mantle.
The name of the step that begins most investigations.
What is asking questions.
What is the nearest planet to the sun?
What is Mercury.
The names of the 3 types of scientific models.
What are physical, mathematical & conceptual.
The name of an inherited disease we learned about this year.
What is Cystic Fibrosis.
The name of one of the 3 basic types of rock found on earth.
What are......
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
The name of the variable the scientist changes in a controlled experiment.
What is the independent variable.
The number of hearts that an octopus has.
What is 3.
The type of model that a scientific theory would be.
What is a conceptual model.
One possible answer as to why Northern Leopard frogs are deforming at alarming rates.
What is pollution.
What is excess UV Light.
The name of the type of rock where fossils are typically found.
What is sedimentary.
State the complete hypothesis for the following question.
"Do mice prefer cheddar or swiss cheese?"
If you give mice a choice between cheddar and swiss cheese, then they will prefer_________ cheese.
The name of the tree that produces acorns.
What is an oak tree.
True or False
Scientific theories are able to be tested.
What is true.
The reason scientists are attempting to tag and track Siberian tigers.
What is to prevent extinction.
The burning of coal, oil or natural gas releases this into earth's atmosphere.
What is......
carbon dioxide
CO2
Carbon
Classify the following observation as Qualitative or Quantitative.
"The kitten had extremely sharp claws."
What is a qualitative observation.
Dolly was the first ever living creature to be cloned. What type of animal was she?
What is a sheep.
A scientist hypothesizes the temperature at which an alligator’s egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
What is the temperature.
Students collected 50 frogs in the name of science. 20 frogs end up being deformed. The percentage considered deformed is.....
What is 40%.
The name of one of the 2 things that increase as you travel deeper into earth.
What are......
temperature
pressure
The step in the scientific methods that includes creating a graph of your results.
What is analyze the results.
The name of one of the two egg-laying mammals in existence in the world today.
What is Echidna and Platypus.
In a controlled experiment, the name of the variable that we measure.
What is the dependent variable.