Properties of Life
Science vs. Pseudoscience
Experimental Design
Lab Safety
Syllabus & Professionalism
100
Something must have how many properties of life to be considered alive?
What is "all of them"?
100
something that claims to have scientific support, but actually does not
What is pseudoscience?
100
The first step of designing an experiment, before asking a question
What is making observations?
100
What you have to have completed in order to participate in labs
What is a lab safety contract?
100
Something that should be at the end of every professional email
What is your full name?
200
Regulating the body to have some constant internal state
What is homeostasis?
200
The belief that the position of the stars and planets at the time of someone's birth has an effect on their personality: what we did an activity about.
What is astrology/horoscopes/zodiac?
200
The variable I am manipulating
What is the independent variable?
200
Something you should wear over your eyes when working with glass, chemicals, or fire
What are safety goggles?
200
The room number that we are in
What is Room 3-105?
300
The sum of all the chemical reactions in the body
What is metabolism?
300
Science can only investigate natural things. Give an example of things that science cannot investigate.
What is art/the supernatural/humanities?
300
A factor in your experiment that stays the same in every group and trial
What is a constant?
300
Something you should always do if you have long hair in the lab
What is tying up your hair?
300
When writing a professional email, this must be at the beginning of the email (after the subject)
What is a greeting?
400
A zebra running away from a lion is an example of this property of life.
What is response to the environment?
400
A scientific hypothesis must be able to be proven false, also known as ...
What is falsifiable?
400
The variable that you are measuring and recording
What is the dependent variable?
400
Something you should make sure to use if picking up hot glass
What are tongs?
400
Something we will do quarterly to make sure we are organized
What are note checks?
500
This property of life can be seen in an egg hatching into a tadpole, which then becomes a frog.
What is growth and development?
500
In order for them to be accepted by the scientific community, ideas must have been this.
What is tested/experimented/supported?
500
Something given to a control group that allows you to test whether or not the experimental treatment actually works
What is a placebo?
500
What you should do if there is an accident or emergency
What is telling the lab instructor?
500
What you have to attend before taking a test retake
What is bio boot camp?
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