Measurement
Scientific Method
Variables
Living Things
Challenge Me!
100
Unit
What is a fixed amount of something?
100
making observations
What is the first step of the scientific method?
100
x-axis
What is axis on which the independent variable is always graphed?
100
homeostasis
What is the process of maintaining stable, life-supporting internal conditions?
100
solution
What is a mixture of two or more substances that are evenly distributed at the molecular level?
200
measurement
What is a value that tells the amount of something?
200
variable
What is a factor that affects the behavior of a system?
200
independent variable
What is the variable you believe is not influenced by another variable, also called the manipulated variable?
200
chemical energy
The type of energy captured by plants for photosynthesis and used by animals when they eat food.
200
control variables
What are the things you keep the same during an experiment?
300
a measurement of the amount of space something occupies, this is the measurement for liquids like water
What is volume?
300
forming and testing a hypothesis
What are two important parts of the scientific method?
300
dependent variable
What is the variable you believe is influenced by another variable, also called the responding variable?
300
cells
What is the smallest unit of a living thing?
300
theory (2 part question)
What is the best explanation for something at this point in time and NOT accepted as the absolute truth?
400
a tool used for measuring volume of liquids in science
What is a graduated cylinder?
400
making wild guesses
What is something that is NOT part of the scientific method?
400
direct relationship
What is a relationship between variables in which when one variable increases the other increases as well?
400
response to a stimulus
What is the way an organism reacts to its environment?
400
scientific method
What is the process that scientists use to answer questions?
500
The unit of measurement you would use to measure your friend's mass
What is kilograms?
500
after analyzing data in an experiment, you can say one of these things about your hypothesis
What is supported, not supported or partially supported?
500
y-axis
What is the axis on which the dependent variable is graphed?
500
water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, food
What are materials used by living things make energy?
500
If, Then, Because
What is the format for writing a hypothesis in science?
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