The first part of science - we often don't take time to do this.
What is observe?
100
During an experiment, you collect this to determine if your hypothesis is supported or disproved.
What is data?
100
This is often cited as one of life's characteristics, however, it doesn't always work because some nonliving things appear to do this on their own, and some living things appear not to.
What is 'move'?
100
The study of life.
What is Biology?
100
These influence the way in which we interpret our world.
What are worldviews?
200
Observations often lead to these.
What is questions?
200
These factors should not be changed during an experiment.
What are controlled variables?
200
Characteristic of life example: A queen bee lays eggs. Drones fertilize the eggs. Worker bees hatch.
What is reproduction?
200
Characteristic of life example: a human teenager returns to school seven inches taller than the year before.
What is growth?
200
This worldview interprets the world from the assumptions that there was no creator, the universe is billions of years old, and a nonliving thing became living (at least once).
What is a naturalistic worldview?
300
Sometimes questions can be answered by doing more of this.
What is observing?
300
This is the factor that is purposely changed to test the hypothesis and answer the original question.
What is the independent variable?
300
Characteristic of life example: a caterpillar enters a cocoon, and emerges several weeks later as a butterfly.
What is development?
300
Characteristic of life example: Misbehaving students duck out of the way when the teacher throws markers at them.
What is respond to stimuli?
300
This worldview interprets the world with the assumptions that God created the world and everything in it in six days, the world is thousands of years, and that the Bible is true.
What is a Biblical worldview?
400
A possible answer to a question - sometimes called an educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
400
This is the factor that is measured, to determine if the hypothesis is correct - it depends on the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
400
Characteristic of life example: Crickets learn to eat a new species of plant when their old food source is wiped out.
What is adapt to environment over time?
400
Characteristic of life example: A wolf stalks a rabbit, captures it, and consumes it.
What is requires energy?
400
Example questions: What is the body temperature of hamsters? At what time of day do crickets chirp the most? How can better alternative energy sources be utilized?
What are operational science questions?
500
You can determine if your hypothesis is correct by making more observations, or performing this:
What is an experiment?
500
This is never absolutely true, because future research could add to or change the understanding.
What is your hypothesis?
500
Characteristic of life example: An elephant has a circulatory system, which contain a heart and blood vessels, which are made of different tissues, which are made of various cell types.
What is displays organization?
500
Characteristic of life example: A single-celled amoeba pumps salt solution out of its body to balance the amount of water and salt contained within it.
What is maintain homeostasis?
500
Example questions: How did the continents break apart? In what sites did humans first live? How did dinosaurs care for their young? What processes formed the rock layers of earth?