What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
Asking Questions/Observations
All living beings are made up of _____.
Cells
All graphs need this at the top
Title
Our best scientific guess
Hypothesis
Something that possesses all 7 characteristics of life
Organism
What do we do immediately after the experiment?
Record and analyze the data
Plants get this from the sun, we get this from food
Energy
Which axis is the vertical line on the graph?
Y-axis
Reproduction involving only one parent
Asexual
What does CER stand for?
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
How many variables do we change in a controlled experiment?
One (the independent variable)
When an organism changes form or makes new cells, it ____.
Develops
Which variable goes on the horizontal line of a graph?
The independent variable
Living things in an environment
Biotic
After many experiments, we can form a _____ to explain something about the world.
Scientific Theory
When a group does not get changed by the independent variable, that group is called ____.
The control group
What is Evolution?
Adaptation over many generations
Which graph type is best to track data over time?
Line graph
The process of an organism using energy
Metabolism
Name all 7 characteristics of life
Cells, Homeostasis, Adaptation, Response to Stimuli, Growth/Development, Energy, Reproduction
What comes after writing a conclusion?
Peer review
Define Homeostasis
The process of maintaining internal balance
Name all three things you need to do when enumerating a graph.
Follow the gridlines, proper spacing, proper scaling
Data that does not use numbers, but rather descriptions
Qualitative data
What does Autotroph mean?
Something that makes its own food