Give the Definition
hypothesis
a testable explanation
This causes a response in an organism
stimulus
the group that does NOT receive the treatment
control group
engineers
data that uses numbers or measurements
quantitative data
Data
What is information, facts, tables, charts, and graphs you record and create.
process by which species change over generations
evolution
the groups that receive the treatment
experimental groups
biodiversity
made of many cells
multicellular
maintains a stable internal environment
homeostasis
the variable that is tested
independent variable
A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other and produce fertile offspring
species
an organisms that does not contain a nucleus
prokaryote
Observation
What is information gathered using your senses.
a substance that organisms need to grow, survive, and carry out life processes
energy
the variable that is the outcome
dependent variable
We used lentils as a __________ to represent elephants in an elephant census.
model
movement of seeds away from the parent plant
seed dispersal
Independent Variable
What is the thing that is changed to affect the result?
the basic unit of life
cell
we control these so that we know that the independent variable causes the change
experimental conditions
(or controlled variables)
Even _________ have some environmental value, even though some of them make us really sick.
viruses
all the chemical reactions in a cell or organism that build up or break down materials
metabolism