Experimental Design
The variable you change
What is the independent variable?
Growing bacteria on plates uses this material
What is agar?
The Earth's outer layer (lithosphere), which is broken into large pieces called these.
What are tectonic plates?
This is Newton's 3rd law
What is, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
The order of DNA bases ultimately determines the order of amino acids in this molecule.
What is a protein?
A wave transfers this, not matter
What is energy?
The variable you measure
What is the dependent variable?
This helps regulate the movement of materials in and out of the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
When magma reaches the Earth’s surface and erupts, this geological feature forms.
What is a volcano?
Motion changes when forces are this
What is unbalanced?
A segment of DNA that contains instructions for a trait or protein.
What is a gene?
High frequency sound has this pitch
What is high pitch?
Differences between expected and actual results
What is experimental error?
This process produces energy without oxygen, and is used to created kombucha and kimchi.
What is fermentation?
When two tectonic plates slide past each other, this type of fault often forms, causing earthquakes.
What is a transform boundary?
A passenger lurches forward when a car suddenly stops because their body tends to resist changes in motion. This property is called...
What is inertia?
Different versions of a gene are called this
What are alleles?
X-rays are part of this larger group
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
A student concludes that a new fertilizer causes faster plant growth after testing only one plant. This experiment lacks sufficient ______.
What are trials?
This process occurs when cells use oxygen to convert glucose into energy (in the mitochondria).
What is cellular respiration?
The movement of tectonic plates is caused by this process in the Earth's mantle, driven by heat.
What are convection currents?
Two identical shopping carts are pushed with the same force. The cart carrying more mass will generally show less of this.
What is acceleration (or change in motion)?
Before a protein can be made, the genetic information in DNA is copied into this molecule.
What is mRNA?
When waves bounce off a surface
What is reflection?
This report established ethical guidelines for human subjects
What is the Belmont Report?
These are the four stages of mitosis.
What are prophase, metaphase, anaphase & telophase?
This zone is where one tectonic plate is forced under another, often causing volcanic activity and earthquakes.
What is a subduction zone?
This mathematical quantity that has both magnitude and direction
What is a VECTOR!
The four nitrogen bases found in DNA are adenine, thymine, cytosine, and this.
What is guanine?
“This imaging technique uses X-rays to build a 3D model by combining many cross-sectional images.”
What is tomography?