Scientific Method
The first step of the Scientific Method is?
Make an observation
The are how many characteristics of life?
8
This variable will stay the same throughout the experiment.
Control Variable
Biology is the study of?
Life
Asking yourself why your hypothesis is happening is what step?
Questioning
All chemical reactions in a cells that lead to energy production
metabolism
variable in an experiment is what the researcher is changing to observe the effect it will have on the outcome of the experiment.
No
Forming a proposed explanation stemming from the question of the observation. This will often lead to an experiment of some kind.
Hypothesis
The tendency of an organism to reach Equilibrium.
Equilibrium = balance
EX: Sweating or shivering
Homeostasis
What we are measuring in the experiment. variable in an experiment is what the researcher is changing to observe the effect it will have on the outcome of the experiment.
Dependent Variable
A person studying a topic is presented with new information that conflicts with or goes against previous findings. What should a scientist do in this situation?
Retest
The experiments must lead to a yes or no answer. This is called? (Hint: starts with an 'F')
Falsifiable
Organisms can adjust to their environment to sustain their biological processes in the most efficient way
Stimuli = any change to an environment both internal and external.
Response to Stimuli
This type of graph shows changes over time.
Line Graph
Adaptation through _________is the process by which organisms change to their environment over multiple generations.
Evolution
The last step of the Scientific Method and must be completed before publishing your results.
Retesting the experiment.
Organisms will change both physically and genetically over periods of time which is better suited for their environment.
Adaptation through evolution
Bar Graph
A well-tested and widely accepted explanation for natural phenomena that is based on the scientific method.
Theory