Hypothesis/Other
What is a hypothesis?
Prediction that can be tested
How do you find the dependent variable?
Classifying organisms into groups is called_________
taxonomy
Cladograms show time progress from ______ direction to ___ direction with the more advanced groups at the end.
Left to Right
What is qualitative data?
non numerical description
Hypothesis is a prediction to a ________________ Question
What is the independent variable?
Component the scientist change or manipulate
Species are given 2 Latin names one is __________ and the other is ______________
What does a cladogram show?
Relationship between organisms based on their shared traits.
Provide an example of Quantitative data
it is 54 degree F. outside
How does the temperature affect a football players performance?
If the temperature is above 100 degree F, then the players performance decreases.
The Independent variable goes on the _______ axis of the graph
X
Name the three domains of life
Bacteria, Archaea and Eucarya
What characteristic does the wolf leopard and house cat have in common?
Carnivorous
What are the two types of data under the quantitative data?
Discontinuous and continuous data
Hypothesis is similar to the ___________ component of the CER
Claim
Identify the Independent and Dependent Variable:
Fredrick wanted to find out what soil works best for growing roses. He grew them in potting soil and clay he found outside his yard. After one week, he measured their height.
Independent Variable: Potting soil or Clay (type of soil)
Dependent Variable: Height
What is the scientific name of this organism?
Domain:Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: latrans
Canis Latrans
Identify a trait that is unique to the house cat?
Purring
Identify if the below quantitative data is continuous or discontinuous.
Height of students in a classroom (e.g., 162.5 cm, 170.2 cm, 168.0 cm)
Continuous data
What resources can you use to write the evidence portion of the CER? Name 2 resources.
Textbooks, articles, notebook
Identify the independent and dependent variable:
Two groups of students were tested to compare their speed working math problems. Each group was given the same problems. One group used calculators and the other group computed without calculators.
Independent Variable: calculators or no calculators
Dependent Variable: Speed
Name the six kingdoms?
Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Archeobacteria, plantae and animalia
Which organisms in the cladogram has the hair trait?
horse, wolf, leopard and house cat
Identify if the below quantitative data is continuous or discontinuous.
Number of cars owned by households in a neighborhood
discontinuous data