Scientific Method
Definitions
Scientific Theories and Laws
Characteristics of Life
Mystery!!!!
100

An educated guess.

What is hypothesis?

100

The study of life.

What is biology?

100

This explains an occurence.

What is a theory?

100

When I was five, I was only 3 feet tall, and now I am 5 feet tall, because I am a living thing, and all living things _________.

What is grow?

100

Science is a body of knowledge based on the study of _________________.

What is the natural world.

200

The first step in conducting an experiment.

What is "ask a question"?

200

A living thing is called an __________.

What is an organism?

200

This tells what will happen, but not explain why.

What is a scientific law?

200

I got really hungry after school, so I ate some cookies and felt much better. I felt better because I am a living thing and living things use _______ to survive.

What is energy?

200

"Gray skies mean it will rain" is an example of one of these.

What is an inference?

300

2 types of data

What is qualitative and quantitative?

300
When organisms add mass and (in most organisms) more cells.

What is growth?

300

As new information comes about, these can change.

What is a scientific theory?

300

My neighbor is pregnant with her third child. I can tell she is a living thing, because all living things _________.

What is reproduce?

300
Things you keep the same during all parts of an experiment.

What are constants?

400

The variable that is measured

What is dependent variable?

400

The production of offspring (the main goal of most organisms).

What is reproduction?

400

True or False.  Scientific theories can become laws.

What is false?

400

In the winter, I put on lots of clothes before I leave the house, and don't stay outside for very long, because as a living thing I _________ to the environment.

What is respond?

400

The group that is used for a comparison in some experiments.

What is the control group?

500

The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter

What is independent variable?

500

A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another 

What is a species?

500

Give an example of a scientific theory.  Then give an example of a scientific law.

What is .......

500

Name 8 characteristics of living things

What is .......

500

Explain why a rock is not a living organism.

What is .................

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