Scientific Method
Genetics
Chemistry
Adaptation
Physics
100
A prediction of the outcome of the experiment.
What is hypothesis?
100
The brain of the cell
What is a nucleus?
100
The row on the periodic table
What is a period?
100
A physical or behavioral characteristics that helps survival.
What is adaptation?
100
A push or pull
What is force?
200
The variable that the scientist purposely change in the experiment.
What is the independent variable?
200
Cell division for reproduction.
What is meiosis?
200
You pour and mix chocolate with milk. The chocolate is dissolving into the milk. The milk is an example of this.
What is a solvent
200
Animals do this to survive the harsh summers.
What is estivation?
200
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
300
The group that is the comparison group (norm).
What is the control group?
300
Traits that show up most often in a population. (75%)
What are dominant traits?
300
Changing from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
He went to the Galapagos Islands where he found evidence that supported the theory of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
An English physicist and mathematician who is famous for coming up with three laws of motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
400
1. Question/problem 2. Hypothesis 3. Experimental Design 4. Problem/ Data 5. Conclusion
What are the steps of the scientific method?
400
The father of genetics who came up with the idea of heredity by studying pea plants. He found a 3:1 ratio for the F2 generation.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
400
Two or more substances physically combined. They look different throughout.
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
400
A tick feeds on a animals blood. The animal gets hurt in return.
What is parasitism?
400
A change in velocity over time.
What is acceleration?
500
Read the following scientific question. "Does the shape of a falling object affect the rate of speed?" The speed is an example of this.
What is the dependent variable?
500
Parents with brown eyes can have a child with blue eyes. The parents have this kind of genotype.
What are heterozygous genotypes?
500
Examples are frying eggs, baking, fireworks, lighting a match, apples turning brown, etc.
What are examples of a chemical reaction or chemical change?
500
Over time the food got smaller. The small birds were better adapted so their population grew. The opposite happened to the large beaked birds. (hint: what is this an example of?)
What is natural selection?
500
A sheep traveled south 10km, then back north 5 km. The shortest distance from the start to end is 5 km.
What is displacement?
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