NATURE OF SCIENCE(NOS)
NOS2 & Characteristics of Living Things
NATURE OF SCIENCE AND PROBLEM SOLVING
PROBLEM SOLVING CONTINUED
MORE PROBLEM SOLVING
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THESE ARE BASED ON OBSERVATIONS.
WHAT ARE INFERENCES?
100

THIS CHARACTERISTIC INVOLVES CREATING NEW OFFSPRING.

WHAT IS REPRODUCTION?

100

WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH OBSERVATION AND INVESTIGATIONS?

WHAT IS SCIENCE?

100
THIS IS THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES IN AN INVESTIGATION.
WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
100
THIS OCCURS AFTER ALL DATA IS ANALYZED.
WHAT IS A CONCLUSION?
200
THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE BASED ON MEASUREMENTS, OR NUMBERS
WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE?
200

A change in characteristics of living things within a species over time, that allows it to survive in its environment.

WHAT IS ADAPTION (OR Evolve)?

200
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ARTIFACTS ARE FOUND?
WHAT IS MAPPED, CLEANED, PHOTOGRAPHED, REGISTERED, OR CATALOGED?
200
THESE FACTORS SHOULD ALWAYS STAY THE SAME IN AN INVESTIGATION.
WHAT ARE CONSTANTS?
200
THIS IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A QUESTION.
WHAT IS A PROBLEM?
300

THE TOOL AND THE MEASUREMENT THAT MEASURES AND DESCRIBES HOW MUCH SPACE SOMETHING OCCUPIES?

WHAT IS THE GRADUATED CYLINDER AND VOLUME?

300

All Living things are made of 1 or more of these.

WHAT ARE CELLS?

300
THESE ARE STEPS USED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
WHAT ARE SCIENTIFIC METHODS OF PROBLEM SOLVING?
300
THIS IS A STANDARD USED FOR COMPARISON
WHAT IS A CONTROL?
300

IF MS.  DAVIS ASKED ALL OF HER 9TH GRADE STUDENTS TO WATCH THE SCIENCE EXPLORER NEWS ON MONDAY NIGHT TO GIVE STUDENTS A CHANGE TO GET AN EASY A. THEN ON TUESDAY SURVEYED ALL 9TH GRADE STUDENTS TO SEE WHO WATCHED THE NEWS AS SHE ASKED. WHAT WOULD BE 2 CONSTANTS IN THIS INVESTIGATION?

WHAT ARE: ONLY MS. DAVIS 9TH GRADERS ARE INSTRUCTED, ONLY MONDAY SCIENCE EXPLORER NEWS, ONLY ABOUT THE NIGHT VERSION OF THE NEWS, ASKED ALL MS. DAVIS 9TH GRADE SUDENTS OF THEM ON TUESDAY.

400

WHAT OBSERVATION DEALS WITH THE SENSES ONLY AND DOES NOT INCLUDE NUMERIC VALUES?

WHAT IS QUALITATIVE?

400

These characteristics include getting bigger as well changing to mature.

WHAT IS GROW AND DEVELOP?

400
LIST TWO EXAMPLES OF QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS
WHAT ARE SOMETHINGS COLOR, TEXTURE, SMELL, TASTE, SHAPE, OR HOW IT SOUNDS?
400
THIS IS THE FACTOR OR OUTCOME TO BE MEASURED IN AN EXPERIMENT OR INVESTIGATION.
WHAT IS THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
400

IF DR. HAGAN DID A STUDY THAT TESTED BRANDS A, B, AND C ANTIBIOTICS TO DETERMINE WHICH KILLED THE MOST BACTERIA, WHAT WOULD THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE BE?

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF DEAD BACTERIA?

500

THESE ARE THE TOOLS AND THE SI UNITS FOR LENGTH, MASS AND TIME.

WHAT IS A METER STICK IN METERS OR CENTIMETERS, TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE IN GRAMS; AND CLOCK OR STOP WATCH IN SECONDS?

500

Living things carry out complex/necessary processes such as (name at least 2).

WHAT are METABOLISM, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, RESPIRATION?

500

THIS IS DEVELOPED BASED ON OBSERVATION, RESEARCH, OR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND CAN BE TESTED.

What is a hypothesis?.

500
THIS IS COLLECTED THROUGH OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS IN AN EXPERIMENT.
WHAT IS DATA?
500

If ALICE WANTS TO KNOW WHICH BRAND OF CEREAL STAYS CRUNCHIER LONGER, WHAT WOULD THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE BE IN THIS EXPERIMENT?

WHAT IS THE CEREAL BRANDS?

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