Variables
Scientific Method
Scientists
Looking Back
Characteristics of Living Things
100
Independent variable
What is the variable you intentionally change?
100
The first step in the scientific method
What is the purpose, question or problem?
100
The scientists who thought that Sir Francis Redi's experiment was a fluke and worked to prove spontaneous generation.
Who is John Needham?
100
A population of organisms can change over time
What is evolution?
100
Sweating, increased breathing rate, and increased heart rate during exercise
What is the ability to maintain homeostasis?
200
Constant variable
What is a variable that is kept the same?
200
The third step in the scientific method
What is the hypothesis?
200
The scientists who disproved the Theory of Spontaneous Generation once and for all.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
200
Over time and with enough supporting evidence an hypothesis can develop into this
What is a theory?
200
A newborn chick hatching from an egg, a horse giving birth to a foal, and self-pollination by a flower
What is the ability to reproduce?
300
The variable you observe changes in
What is the dependent variable?
300
The second step in the scientific method
What is research?
300
The scientists who improved upon Redi's and Needham's findings by comparing two flasks, one sealed and one unsealed, of boiled gravy.
Who is Lazzaro Spallanzani?
300
The ability of an organism to maintain a balanced internal environment in the presence of a changing external environment.
What is homeostasis?
300
You are taller and (hopefully) more mature now than when you were born
What is all organisms grow and develop?
400
The dependent variable in Redi's spontaneous generation experiment
What is the presence of maggots on meat?
400
The final step in the scientific method
What is the conclusion?
400
The year that Sir Francis Redi performed his ground breaking experiment.
What is 1668?
400
Bright light, an increase in temperature, or a loud noise can all be classified as this.
What is a stimulus?
400
You inherit half of this from your Mother and half of this from your Father at conception/fertilization of the egg
What is genetic inheritance by DNA?
500
The independent variable in Redi's spontaneous generation experiment.
What is the cover on the container holding the raw meat?
500
This is the step where you will most likely have a table and/or graph
What is data analysis?
500
The way in which Louis Pasteur let air into a flask, without allowing the microorganisms to enter.
What is the invention of a flask with a long-curved neck?
500
Any physical or behavioral characteristic that benefits an organism in its environment
What is an adaptation?
500
Plants photosynthesize, amoebae engulf and digest, and you ate a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for breakfast
What is organisms obtain and use materials and energy from their environment?
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