Observation
It is an instrument for observing very small objects?
WHAT IS A microscope?
By similarities and differences in their shape, body parts and organs
What are the way things are classified?
It forms the basis of inductive reasoning.
(Reminder: Inductive reasoning produces the knowledge we accumulate through a variety of experiences or experiments.)
What is common sense?
It is used to grow microorganisms or store small specimens for observation
What is a petri dish?
God gave people the ability to do this far beyond any animal.
Taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight
What are the 5 senses God gave us with which to observe things?
The science of naming and grouping of plants and animals
What is taxonomy?
There is no gain or loss of mass in a chemical reaction.
What is the Law of Conservation of Matter?
(Reminder: In other words, matter can neither be created nor destroyed by any known natural process.)
It acts as a heat source
and has an open flame.
What is a bunsen burner?
The tools for scientific investigation are made especially for observing and measuring this
What is the different phenomena in our created universe?
The process of orderly observation and logical thinking and knowledge based on those observed facts and tested truths arranged in an orderly system.
What is science?
The father of taxonomy
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
Searching for evidence which may exist if a theory is assumed true
What is the Deductive Method?
A change in which one substance is converted into one or more other substances with different properties.
What is a chemical reaction?
This enables the scientist to observe tiny organisms otherwise not visible
What is a microscope?
The act, or habit, of seeing and recording.
What is observation?
six distinctly different kinds
What is the number of different kinds of zebra in Africa?
It is when you draw a general conclusion based off of certain observations that were made.
What is Inductive Reasoning?
Measure of the quantity of matter a body contains, independent of gravity.
When making careful observations, scientists gather this
What is data?
*observations which answer questions
*proof that an idea is true
*data to help draw a conclusion
*information for or against an idea
What is evidence?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species
What are the terms used in classifying ANIMALS?
FINISH THE STATEMENT: Because matter can neither be created nor destroyed by any known natural process...; therefore, it could not have ...
What come into existence by itself?
Systematic arrangement into groups and subdivisions.
What is classification?
The basic metric units used in scientific measurement and their standard units (there are 3)
What are mass--kilogram;
length--meter;
volume--liter.