Definitions
The study of living things and their relationship to their environment.
What is Biology?
A body of knowledge and a way of knowing and explaining how the world works
What is Science?
A question for which a Scientist is trying to find an answer
What is a problem?
The study of animals
What is zoology?
This is the tallest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
Science that deals with living things
What is biological science?
Science that deals with non living things
What is physical science?
These are valuable, even if they turn out to not be true, because they lead to further investigation
What is a hypothesis?
The study of heredity
What is genetics?
What grows quicker...hair or toenails
What is hair?
Answer to a problem
What is a conclusion?
A prediction about the possible answer to a problem based on research
What is a hypothesis?
The answer to a problem
What is a conclusion?
The study of the heart
What is cardiology?
This takes up approximately 80% of our brain's volume
What is water?
This needs to happen in order for something to become a scientific law
What is many scientists perform the same experiment and reach the same conclusions?
Records that show results from observation and experimentation
What is data?
The difference between a variable and a control
A control is the part of the experiment that remains the same. A variable is the part of the experiment that changes.
The study of embryos
What is embryology?
These two parts of your body continue to grow your whole life
What are the nose and ears?
This type of experiment tests only one factor
What is a controlled experiment?
Technique Scientists use to solve problems
What is the scientific method?
Name the 5 steps of the Scientific Method
What are:
-State a problem
-Propose a Hypothesis
-Test the Hypothesis
-Make Observations
-State a Conclusion
-Repeat the Experiment
The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment
What is Ecology?
The closest star to the Earth.
What is the sun?