Scientific Method
Scientific Method 2
Characteristic of Life
Metric
System
Graphing
100
An "If/Then" Statement that makes a prediction.
What is HYPOTHESIS
100
The resulting variable
What is DEPENDENT
100
The ability to adjust so that the body remains stable even when the environment changes
What is HOMEOSTASIS
100
The base unit of measurement for mass or weight
What is GRAMS
100
The type of graph that shows percentages or parts of a whole
What is CIRCLE GRAPH
200
The variable that YOU control or manipulate
What is INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
200
Things that might have affected the outcome of your experiment. They might be beyond your control, but you must take them into account
What is SOURCES OF ERROR
200
To produce like offspring (Sexual or Asexual)
What is REPRODUCTION
200
The metric prefix that means one-one-hundredth of a base unit
What is CENTI
200
The best graph for showing a relationship between two variables
What is LINE GRAPH
300
Information that you gather from your experiment. May be qualitative or quantitative
What is DATA
300
The items and equipment that you use in your experiment
What is MATERIALS
300
The process that plants use to produce their own food using the sun's energy
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS
300
The metric system is based on units of ______
What is 10
300
The Dependent Variable is graphed on this axis
What is Y-axis
400
The end of your experiment. What you learned and do you accept or reject your hypothesis
What is CONCLUSION
400
Things in your experiment that you want to keep the same for all groups and subjects so that they do NOT affect the experiment
What is CONSTANTS
400
A group of similar cells working together makes up this.
What is TISSUE
400
The base unit of measurement for distance or length
What is METER
400
A graph that usually has labels on the X-axis and shows a comparison between non-continuous data
What is BAR Graph
500
The subject or group in an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment. This is used for comparison
What is CONTROL
500
The organized process used by scientists to test a hypothesis or find information
What is SCIENTIFIC METHOD
500
An organism that is made up of only one cell
What is UNICELLULAR
500
The metric prefix for a group of 1000
What is KILO
500
The anacronym that tells you that the dependent variable goes on the y axis and is the resulting variable, and the independent variable goes on the x axis and is the manipulated variable.
What is DRY MIX
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