Scientific Method/Science Fair
TRUE or FALSE: A hypothesis must always be correct
FALSE - A hypothesis is a guess about what the outcome will be. It might be wrong and thats okay!
tiny organisms made of a single cell
bacteria
Who came up with this formula: E=mc2
Albert Einstein
what is the human microbiome?
What are the 4 requirements for a research question?
1. testable
2. measurable
3. specific
4. relevant
TRUE or FALSE: not all living things are made of cells
FALSE - every living thing is made of cells
Who was the first person to say cells are living things?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
name one bacteria that is bad for the human body
C. jejuni
TRUE or FALSE: the procedure describes what will be done to answer the research question
FALSE - the methods describes what and why will be done to answer the research question. The procedure is a numbered list, step by step, explaining what will be done in the experiment.
TRUE or FLASE: cells are the smallest things
BONUS for 100: name something smaller than a cell
FALSE - there are things on our planet that are smaller than cells
BONUS: atoms
Named cells after looking at thin slices of cork and saw hallow structures that looked like rooms (aka cells)
BONUS for 100: when was this discovery (century, year estimate okay) ?
Robert Hooke
BONUS: the 17th century, 1665
name one job of the "good" bacteria in the gut lining
BONUS for 100: name a "good" bacteria
* fight off "bad" bacteria
* help digest food
* take up space so that the bad bacteria cannot get in
BONUS: Bacilli, B. fragilis, B. animalis, Gammaproteobacteria (including E. coli)
Fill in the blanks:
The purpose explains _______ you want to discover and ______ you chose to learn more about this subject.
The purpose explains what you want to discover and why you chose to learn more about this subject.
command center of the cell, which contains its DNA
nucleus
Female physicist and chemist to discover radium
Marie Curie
TRUE or FLASE: the human body provides the bacteria with food and living space they need to grow
TRUE - bacteria need food and space to grow
What are the 3 types of variables?
BONUS for 100: explain each of them
Control variables, independent variables, dependent variables
BONUS: control is what you are keeping the same, independent is what is being changed, dependent is what is being affected by the change
cell membrane vs cell wall
cell membrane - the outer layer of the cell that controls what goes in and out of the cell
cell wall - a rigid, waxy structure only found on plant cells
Inventor of the light bulb
Thomas Edison
what is one way to treat an infection of bacteria?
* doctors often prescribe antibiotics
* another way for severe cases could be a fecal transplant