Thinking Like A Scientist
The Study Of Life
Scientific Inquiry
Safety in the Laboratory
100
Using more than one of your senses to gather information .
What is observing?
100
The study of living things .
What is Life Science?
100
When one variable is manipulated at a time .
What is a controlled experiment?
100
safety goggles, corrosive chemical, general safety awareness, and breakage .
What are 4 safety symbols?
200
Estimates that can only be described in numbers .
What is a quantitative observations?
200
The process that causes organisms to become complex and adapt .
What is development?
200
The reactive variable in an experiment .
What is a responding variable?
200
1. Clean work area 2. Turn off/unplug equipment 3. Dispose wastes as told to do 4. Wash hands thoroughly.
What are the steps of finishing up a lab?
300
Observations that can not be described using numbers .
What are qualitative observations?
300
The way an organism's body is formed .
What is structure?
300
A statement that describes how to measure a variable or define a term .
What is an operational definition?
300
1. Follow text book and teacher instructions 2. Keep work area clean 3.
What is required while doing a lab?
400
A process of grouping similar items together .
What is classifying?
400
Processes that allow living things to survive .
What are functions?
400
A summary of what you have learned throughout an experiment .
What is a conclusion?
500
A model that accurately shows the proportions between its parts .
What is a scale model?
500
When something works together to meet needs .
What does complementary mean?
500
When a scientific inquiry raises new questions .
What is the Nature of Inquiry?
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