Intro to Biology
The Nature of Science
Methods of Science
Earth Science Review
Potpourri
100
Primatologist known as the foremost expert on chimpanzee behavior.
Who is DR. (Jane) GOODALL?
100
What the knowledge of science is based upon.
What is evidence?
100
A skill that all scientist use whereby they notice something about nature (using their senses).
What is an observation?
100
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What is the number of planets?
100
The third planet from the sun.
What is EARTH?
200
organism->organ system->organs->tissues->cells ->molecules->atoms
What is an example of ORGANIZATION--a characteristic of organisms?
200
The people that would peer review a botanist's (plant biologist) experimental research.
Who are other botanists?
200
A conclusion based upon observations and, often, prior knowledge and experience.
What is an inference?
200
The study of rocks and minerals.
What is Geology?
200
The largest and smallest land mammals.
What is the AFRICAN ELEPHANT (African Bush Elephant) and the ETRUSCAN SHREW or BUMBLEBEE BAT?
300
What two members of the same species can do.
What is REPRODUCE and produce FERTILE offspring?
300
An explanation about natural phenomenon that is based upon lots and lots of verifiable evidence AND one example.
What is a THEORY and The Cell Theory, Evolution, Gravity, General Theory of Relativity, etc?
300
What scientists in a lab do to test a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
300
A tsunami.
What is massive wave caused by tectonic activity/earthquakes that occur in the ocean?
300
Three famous scientists.
Who are (-- Ms. Mack decides)?
400
A drop in blood pressure triggering your heart to beat faster is an example of these two terms that represent a characteristic of organisms.
What is a STIMULUS and RESPONSE?
400
A definition AND example of a scientific law.
What is an accepted way of describing relationships under certain conditions in nature AND The Law of Conservation of Mass, Law of Energy, Laws of Motion, Law of Gravity, etc?
400
Information collected by scientists.
What is data?
400
Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Katia.
What are the names of hurricanes?
400
The names of four continents.
What is Africa, Asia, Europe, NAmerica, SAmerica, Australia, and/or Antarctica?
500
The definition and an example of homeostasis.
What is the REGULATION OF INTERNAL CONDITIONS and blood pressure, thermoregulation, insulin production, pH, water balance, ...?
500
The term for astrology, palm-reading, feng-shui, and moon-landing conspiracies --none of which are based upon scientific research and are usually created simply for folks to have fun and/or make $$.
What is pseudoscience?
500
A description of how to measure the volume of an irregular object.
What is to measure an amount of water in a graduated cylinder or beaker, then place the irregular object into the graduated cylinder/beaker, then calculate the amount of water displaced by the object by reading at the meniscus? (must say name of tool, meniscus, and displaced for credit)
500
Names 3 stars.
What are the SUN, ...see list?
500
5 poisonous organisms.
What are ... (Mack rules)?
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